About this episode

The episode debunks the misleading '62 million men' narrative and its implications for online rights and censorship laws.

The Lie Created To Strip Your Rights Online Support my independent journalism: 🙏 Patreon: ⁠ https://www.patreon.com/cw/taylorlorenz ⁠ 🗞️ Buy a paid subscription to my Substack: ⁠ https://www.usermag.co In March, a CNN investigation into a "Global Academy" of 62 million men allegedly drugging and assaulting women broke the internet. But the most viral story of the year was built on a foundation of misleading statistics and bad journalism. Journalist Kat Tenbarge joins me to debunk the "62 Million Men" narrative. We dig into how this story was used to manufacture consent for dangerous new censorship laws and who is actually behind the movement to repeal Section 230. In this video, we cover: Why the "62 million" figure is a misleading traffic stat, not a count of criminals. The connection between CNN’s reporting and far-right Christian nationalist groups like Exodus Cry. How the "Global Academy" branding was manufactured from a single interview quote. The real-world harm of FOSTA-SESTA and why new "safety" bills like KOSA actually endanger victims. How mainstream media organizations lobby against free speech to protect their own…

People in this episode

Host: Taylor Lorenz

Guest: Kat Tenbarge

Topics covered

• misleading statistics
• censorship laws
• women's rights
• media manipulation
• online safety
• free speech

Keywords

• 62 million men
• censorship
• online rights
• misleading journalism
• FOSTA-SESTA
• KOSA
• media bias
• women's rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN, Exodus Cry, FOSTA-SESTA, KOSA, Substack, Patreon

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