Inside the Network of Anonymous Men Destroying Young Women’s Lives
Source: Wired ·
This week on Uncanny Valley, we look into the reporting behind our feature on the women still struggling after being targeted by the burnerverse.
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Last year, Maddie Kowalski was a regular sophomore attending the University of Florida. Then a series of burner accounts on X started proliferating explicit, nonconsensual videos of her. This week, Zoë Schiffer sits down with WIRED’s senior writer Ej Dickson to discuss the burnerverse , a sprawling, loosely organized network of anonymous accounts that have turned the sexual humiliation of young women into an online participatory sport. You can follow Zoë Schiffer on Bluesky at @zoeschiffer and Ej Dickson on Bluesky at @ejdickson . Write to us at [email protected] . You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to get every episode, here's how: If you're on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or just tap this link . You can also download an app like Overcast or Pocket Casts and search for “uncanny valley.” We’re on Spotify too. Note: This is an automated transcript, which may contain errors. Zoë…