Monica Lewinsky

Monica Lewinsky is an activist against online bullying. In 2014, after withdrawing from public life for ten years, Monica published an article titled \Shame and Survival\ on the Vanity Fair, in which she mentioned her personal experience and cultural observation of the shift in shame culture. More than 2 million netizens expressed their unique views on this article, which became the beginning for Lewinsky to regain his voice and give his past a purpose. In 1998, a federal investigation found that Monica had an affair with then President Bill Clinton, and since then, Monica has come into the public eye. Overnight, at the age of only 24, she was forced to transform from an ordinary person into a global public figure. The background of this survey is the changing media environment that has accompanied 24-hour news networks and the internet. With the birth of social media in recent years, Monica has seen the spread of online humiliation. As a newcomer, she was subjected to large-scale online criticism at a young age, so she felt that she could participate in public discussions on online harassment and use it to influence change. In 2014, Monica gave a speech at the Forbes Under 30 Elite Summit on the defamation of the internet. From the perspective of Patient Zero, she shared her experience as the first victim to be discredited due to the internet. In 2015, she gave a speech at the annual TED conference on the theme of truth and courage. The cost of her speech's humiliation exceeded 5 million views in the first month after its broadcast.