Is there any stopping the spread of hate online?

Next Question with Katie Couric · Dec 5, 2019 · 58m

NOTE: This episode contains discussions of racist ideologies and hate-based violence. Listener discretion is advised.

Sam (not his real name) was just 13 when he discovered a meme-focused online forum during a lonely time at school. His new friends there were more than happy to share their disturbing views about race and women with him, and Sam, looking for acceptance, was more than happy to listen. Except the more he listened, the more he started to believe what they had to say.

On this episode of Next Question, Katie sits down with Sam and his mom to talk about what it was like to get…