Is There Anybody in Here Who Hates Me?

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In 2016, this battle online really started to move offline. And for many people, the person who signaled this shift was an editor from Breitbart. The outright provocateur, I suppose you would call him. As Myla was booked to speak on college campuses, he was increasingly met with protesters demanding that he be stopped. It made Myla look sexier and edgier than he deserved to look.

The early days of the internet collide with the feverish fandom of “Harry Potter,” and a sprawling, global community emerges. But the hopefulness of this new technology brings with it the darker impulses of human nature.

Produced by Andy Mills, Matthew Boll, and Megan Phelps-Roper, with special thanks to Candace Mittel Kahn and Emily Yoffe.

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