# When online shaming goes too far

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobalLondon
- Speaker: Jon Ronson
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jon_ronson_when_online_shaming_goes_too_far)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Twitter gives a voice to the voiceless, a way to speak up and hit back at perceived injustice. But sometimes, says Jon Ronson, things go too far. In a jaw-dropping story of how one un-funny tweet ruined a woman's life and career, Ronson shows how online commenters can end up behaving like a baying mob -- and says it's time to rethink how we interact online.

## Lectures

1. [When online shaming goes too far](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jon_ronson_when_online_shaming_goes_too_far/2b182a9ceec1), 17 min (TED's player)