There Are No Girls on the Internet

Nina Jankowicz was a right-wing target. Now she’s suing Fox News for defamation.

In the first episode of our miniseries Present Future, Bridget talks with disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz. After being appointed to a position in the Biden administration to combat disinformation, she was targeted by a right wing smear campaign that upended her life and impacted her family. Now, she’s suing Fox News for defamation. Are defamation lawsuits a new blueprint for how to combat harmful lies and harassment in the future? Listening to Nina's story, it's clear we need a change. New Defamation Suit Against Fox Signals Continued Legal Threat: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/business/media/defamation-suit-fox-nina-jankowicz.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/10/business/media/defamation-suit-fox-nina-jankowicz.html</a> IF YOU WANNA SUPPORT THE SHOW, GET MORE CONTENT BY SUBSCRIBING TO OUR BRAND NEW PATREON! <a href="http://patreon.com/tangoti">Patreon.com/tangoti</a> See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.