Rise of the Trolls (2016)

중독과 가짜 뉴스에 시달리는 현대사회. 실리콘 밸리 전문가들이 용기 내어 경고한다. 자신들의 창조물, 소셜 미디어를 주의하라고. 다큐멘터리와 드라마를 결합한 영화.

은 밈(meme, 인터넷상에 재미난 말을 적어 넣어서 다시 포스팅한 그림이나 사진)으로 유명해진 캐릭터 ‘페페’가 온라인 공간에서 이용자들에 의해 끝없이 재생산되어 원작의 의미를 잃어가는 과정을 보여준다. 페페의 원작자 맷 퓨리는 자신의 캐릭터가 혐오와 테러의 상징으로까지 변질되어 걷잡을 수 없이 퍼져나가기 시작하자 자신의 SNS를 통해 페페의 죽음을 공표한다. 익명성 뒤에 숨은 다수의 사용자는 계속해서 페페를 비도덕적 표현의 수단으로 사용한다. 도덕성을 외면한 다수와 홀로 맞서 싸우는 맷 퓨리의 모습은 위태롭고 외로워 보인다.

대학 진학을 앞둔 시엘로는 인터넷을 통해 나이 차가 나는 '오빠'와 알게 된다. 혼자만의 사랑에 빠진 소녀는 집착과 거식증에 사로잡힌다. 실화를 바탕으로 한 영화.

An online gamer encounters an internet troll, he swears to seak vengence by seeking sexual intercourse with the troll's mother.

an online gamer encounters an NPC in real life from having skipped a youtube advert

Born from the internet, the phrase "TFW No GF" was originally used online to describe a lack of romantic companionship. Since then, it has evolved to symbolize a greater state of existence defined by isolation, rejection and alienation. The meme's protagonist, "WOJAK," has become the mascot to a vast online community consisting of self-described "hyper-anonymous twenty somethings" and "guys who slipped between the cracks." TFW No GF asks: How has the zeitgeist come to bear down on a generation alienated by the 'real world'? Meet the lost boys who came of age on the internet- places like 4chan and Twitter, where they find camaraderie in despair.

키야는 사람들의 관심이 고프다. 그녀는 난감한 상황을 만들어 찍은 비디오를 SNS에 올려 일약 스타가 되고, 우쭐해진 그녀는 선을 넘는 상황을 연출하기에 이른다. 감각적인 화면 속 극단으로 치닫는 주인공의 심리가 묘한 긴장감을 불러일으키는 작품. (2017년 제21회 부천국제판타스틱영화제)

InRealLife takes us on a journey from the bedrooms of British teenagers to the world of Silicon Valley, to find out what exactly the internet is doing to our children.

In 2001, Jimmy Wales published the first article on Wikipedia, a collaborative effort that began with a promise: to democratize the spreading of knowledge, monopolized by the elites for centuries. But is Wikipedia really a utopia come true?

여성 컬럼리스트 펨케는 출판을 앞두고 노심초사하고 있다. 하지만 자신의 TV토론의 내용을 트집잡아 악성 댓글을 달아대는 악플러들로 인해 우울증과 신경쇠약에 걸릴 지경이다. 어느날 우연히 악플러 중 하나를 공격하면서 묘한 해방감과 카타르시스를 경험한다. 이후 홀로 숨어 악플러들에 대한 사적 처단을 시작한다.

From career-ending LinkedIn posts to life-ruining Yelp posts, Abi's online tomfoolery knows no bounds. However, in a world where online misconduct isn't tolerated, she must confront her online targets face-to-face in this satirical courtroom drama.

Does privacy still exist in 2019? In less than a generation, the internet has become a mass surveillance machine based on one simple mindset: If it's free, you're the product. Our information is captured, stored and made accessible to corporations and governments across the world. To the hacker community, Big Brother is real and only a technological battle can defeat him.

A social outcast with a facial birthmark finds his world flipped upside down after he posts videos of his quirky life onto the Internet and becomes an unwilling cyber-celebrity.

Humor shapes the way Spaniards interact on Twitter: all sorts of topics can be used to make a joke and many anonymous commentators can become celebrities and compete with professional comedians. But sometimes certain jokes that defy political correctness have a high price for those who dare to make them, jokes that can freeze the smiles of thousands of people whose prejudices can put an end to some very successful artistic careers.

Why do people vent such toxic opinions online? Filmmaker Kyrre Lien spent three years travelling the world to find out who these anonymous ‘internet warriors’ are and why they do it.

There is a place on the backwaters of the Internet where an entire universe has spun off of its own accord. This place is called Genesis Space and it is a birthing ground of imagination. There has been much press given to the "promise" of the Internet, but few know where that promise lies. Consider this video presentation a road map to that place and be prepared to be astounded by what awaits you. I bid you welcome to Genesis Space. The only limits in this place are the ones Self-imposed on your own imagination. Free your mind and take a walk through this strange place. Your feet may never touch the ground...

Brilliantly funny Britain's Got Talent finalist Daliso Chaponda presents his hilarious new show 'What The African Said'. After receiving Amanda Holden's Golden Buzzer, Daliso has gone on to amass over 50 million views online and has sold out venues across the UK on his debut nationwide tour. He has been heard on BBC Radio 4 on The News Quiz, The Now Show, and his own critically acclaimed series Citizen of Nowhere. Join Daliso as he discusses his new found fame, how he deals with online trolls, and help him decide just how racist some people really are.

In less than ten years, social media has revolutionized the public sphere. While these plateforms have democratized free speech, they also bred an array of putrid ideas and world views we once thought had disappeared. Calls for deportation, shameless misogyny, death threats.... Are there limits to free speech on the Web?