Public Shaming on the Internet

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There's something about the anonymity of social media has people who probably seem perfectly nice in person, posting vicious, scathing, humiliating comments online. Gamer Gate, for example. No one’s safe. What’s going on?  Jon Ronson lays out some ideas in a new book called “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed.” Doug Gordon sat down to talk with him.