Troll Hunting: Inside the World of Online Hate and its Human Fallout

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In 2013, journalist Ginger Gorman became the victim of online trolling. It left her shaken and afraid but also intrigued about the motivation behind the sustained, virulent attacks. Her curiosity led to Troll Hunting. Meticulously researched, Troll Hunting draws on conversations with psychologists, trolling victims, law enforcement, academics and, most importantly, trolls themselves, to explore the criminals behind and the real life consequences of this uniquely 21^st Century phenomenon.

Chair: Eileen Ormsby

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Ginger Gorman is an award-winning social justice journalist based in Canberra. After becoming the target of vitriolic online harassment in 2013, her subsequent research became Troll Hunting: Inside the World of Online Hate and its Human Fallout.

Eileen Ormsby is a lawyer, author and freelance journalist. Her first book, Silk Road was the world's first in-depth expose of the black markets that operate on the dark web. Her follow-up book is Darkest Web delved further into the Internet’s Evil Twin.

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