Monica Lewinsky, speech at the Ted
(Technology, Entertainment and Design) conference, requests for a more
compassionate internet, and she also calls for ending online humiliation.
According to Digital Marketing Agency, Lewinsky
state, “the internet had established a culture where people enjoyed viewing
others’ shame online; she describes herself as one the first victims of
cyberblling.”
She continued, “I
experienced own personal humiliation far worse from the internet; I
was branded a tart, a slut, a whore, a bimbo. I lost my reputation and my
dignity and I almost lost my life.”
Lewinsky told the
story of 18-year-old Tyler Clementi, a student, of being captured video in bed
with another man. Mr Clementi committed suicide, jumping from the George
Washington Bridge, because of online harassment.
Lewinsky, at the
end, urged internet users to communicate via online with more compassion. Her
speech obtained a standing ovation.
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