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When online harassment moves into the real world

After a gunman murdered Lenny Pozner’s child, conspiracy theorists relentlessly attacked Pozner online. Then they came for him in person.  Pozner’s 6-year-old son, Noah, was one of 26 people killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School eight years ago. Shortly after, conspiracy theorists took to the web to spread lies, saying the shooting […]

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INTERVIEW – 60 Minutes: What is Section 230 and Why Do People Want it Repealed? 

January 3, 2021 Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 protects internet platforms from liability for what users post on their sites. But what happens when users post illegal, harassing, and threating content, and lives are damaged without recourse? Scott Pelley reports on Lenny Pozner, the HONR Network, and some of the victims

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For the Father of a Sandy Hook Victim, Conspiracy Theories Are Much More Than Just Internet Fodder

Journalist: Ruth Bashinsky Source Link: Inside Edition November 21, 2020 The father of one of the 20 elementary school children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre speaks about the toll it has taken on his life fighting back against conspiracy theorists out to prove the tragedy didn’t occur. Lenny Pozner has a lot to say

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He was shot in Kenosha, then received threats – a frightening pattern after high-profile incidents

Journalist: Gina Barton Source Link: USA Today September 22, 2020 Gaige Grosskreutz wasn’t even out of the hospital when his phone started blowing up. Shot point blank in the arm with an AR-15, he was the only person to survive a triple shooting at a protest condemning the shooting of Jacob Blake by Kenosha police in Wisconsin. Weeks

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A NOTORIOUS SANDY HOOK TORMENTOR IS ARRESTED IN FLORIDA

Journalist: Elizabeth Williamson Source Link: NY Times January 27, 2020 Wolfgang Halbig, who has falsely accused the families of shooting victims in Newtown, Conn., of constructing an elaborate hoax, was charged with the unlawful possession of personal identification. Sheriff’s deputies in Lake County, Fla., on Monday arrested a notorious tormentor of the parents of Sandy

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ORGANIZATION SCRUBS INTERNET OF HARASSING POSTS, HELPS FAMILY OF SHANANN WATTS

Journalist: Marc Sallinger  Source Link: 9News January 16, 2020 https://www.9news.com/embeds/video/73-a7b4b446-7de6-46d9-93d1-92b2aba05b7c/iframe For the victims of some of the worst crimes and mass shootings in the country, the pain doesn’t stop after the case is closed.  Conspiracy theories, disinformation and threats made against the families of the victims run rampant online.  That’s what the family of Shanann Watts

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NPR: ALL THINGS CONSIDERED – HIS SON WAS KILLED AT SANDY HOOK. THEN CAME THE ONLINE HARASSMENT

Journalist: Michel Martin Source Link: NPR December 14, 2019 Transcript: MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: On this day seven years ago, a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Twenty children, along with six adults, were killed. Incredibly, for the families, the nightmare did not end with the deaths of their children. The

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