What happens when a scammer succeeds in conning you out of thousands? Or when a photograph of you suddenly goes viral for all the wrong reasons? How about the conundrum of fan forums and how to get involved in football banter without it going wrong?
Dr Rebecca Whittington, an expert in online safety, answers all these questions and more.
Each episode features a guest with a real-life experience alongside expert voices in online harm and digital law. Together we unpick the human stories behind cyber nightmares and offer top tips on how to navigate online life.
So if you want to hear stories including how an unknown actress coped when she became a viral meme overnight, or how we discovered that hundreds of women had been targeted by a social media catfish with a fetish, or if you’d like top tips around spotting an online scam in the new digital age, subscribe now to Go Doxx Yourself.
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What happens when a scammer succeeds in conning you out of thousands? Or when a photograph of you suddenly goes viral for all the wrong reasons? How about the conundrum of fan forums and how to get involved in football banter without it going wrong?
Dr Rebecca Whittington, an expert in online safety, answers all these questions and more.
Each episode features a guest with a real-life experience alongside expert voices in online harm and digital law. Together we unpick the human stories behind cyber nightmares and offer top tips on how to navigate online life.
So if you want to hear stories including how an unknown actress coped when she became a viral meme overnight, or how we discovered that hundreds of women had been targeted by a social media catfish with a fetish, or if you’d like top tips around spotting an online scam in the new digital age, subscribe now to Go Doxx Yourself.
Sad Oompa Loompa: “Going viral dehumanised and almost killed me”
Go Doxx Yourself
29 minutes
3 months ago
Sad Oompa Loompa: “Going viral dehumanised and almost killed me”
Kirsty Paterson was mocked and trolled globally when a picture of her dressed as an Oompa Loompa went viral online.
Within days, the 31-year-old actor and yoga instructor from Glasgow was forced to switch off her phone and flee to stay with a friend in Edinburgh after she received hundreds of phone calls and messages about the picture.
Even when seeking escapism by turning on the TV, Kirsty found her image was the butt of jokes and laughter from chat shows discussing the image, which had become an internet meme.
She tells her side of the story to the Go Doxx Yourself podcast, describing the misery of the online abuse, how other people were making money through merchandise and advertising without her consent, and how she has rebuilt her life since the viral moment.
Go Doxx Yourself is a Reach production, presented by Dr Rebecca Whittington and produced by Daniel J. McLaughlin.
Photo: Kirsty Paterson in the recreation of the infamous ‘Oompa Loompa scene’. (Copyright: Kirsty Paterson)
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Go Doxx Yourself
What happens when a scammer succeeds in conning you out of thousands? Or when a photograph of you suddenly goes viral for all the wrong reasons? How about the conundrum of fan forums and how to get involved in football banter without it going wrong?
Dr Rebecca Whittington, an expert in online safety, answers all these questions and more.
Each episode features a guest with a real-life experience alongside expert voices in online harm and digital law. Together we unpick the human stories behind cyber nightmares and offer top tips on how to navigate online life.
So if you want to hear stories including how an unknown actress coped when she became a viral meme overnight, or how we discovered that hundreds of women had been targeted by a social media catfish with a fetish, or if you’d like top tips around spotting an online scam in the new digital age, subscribe now to Go Doxx Yourself.
