I'm Rebecca Lervoy and this is you can't make this up is the podcast where we uncover the true stories behind

your favorite Netflix documentaries and films.

On today's episode, we take a closer look

at the Netflix documentary series, Web of Make Believe,

Death, Lies, and the Internet.

We are in an informational crisis that is destroying us.

The internet just went crazy.

You have to question your own sense of reality.

Today we're talking to director Brian Nappenberger.

The internet connects friends and strangers like never before, but that ease of communication and the ability to

mask your identity or location can make the digital world a hunting ground.

Spreading hate or disinformation, extorting the innocent, ripping off the unsuspecting.

Web of make-believe goes beyond the crimes of bad actors to explore the unseen ripple effects of their digital deeds.

Whether they can damage an individual self-esteem, violate a community's privacy, or even

lead to death. They left him there on the ground until all of it was over with.

So she had to walk over his body and look at him and see him

and then get handcuffed outside.

Brian Nappenberger, welcome to you can't make this up.

Thank you very much for having me.

So we've got five stories over six episodes that deal with the dark side of technology.

Yeah.

At the start, did you plan on focusing on one big story or was it your intention to find variations on a theme and do this as a series?

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