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Virtual Girlfriends Review: The OnlyFans Economy

by David Cuevas
May 2, 2026
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Three Czechian women explore the OnlyFans economy and share the unglamorous realities of online sex work in Virtual Girlfriends.

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Dangerous Games Explores How Gamers Fight to Keep the Metaverse Safe from Predators

by Pat Mullen
May 24, 2025
Features/Interviews

An interview with Dangerous Games: Roblox and the Metaverse director Ann Shin and participant Alex Farrugia about youth activists in the gaming world from predators.

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To Catch a Predator: On Shamed, Outrage, and Empathy

by Pat Mullen
May 2, 2025
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Shamed director Matt Gallagher and producer Cornelia Principe explore the true crime tale of an online vigilante who exposed "predators" with tragic consequences.

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#skoden Review: The Man Behind the Meme

by Marc Glassman
May 1, 2025
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In #skoden, Damien Eagle Bear explores the human story behind a viral internet meme about an Indigenous man putting his dukes up.

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The Click Trap Review: It’s Just a Click Away

by Susan G. Cole
May 1, 2024
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The Click Trap offers more than a litany of transgressions by greedy corporations, and even some hope, with its look at online biz.

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Backlash Review: Get Riled-Up with Stories of Cyber-Sexism

by Pat Mullen
January 13, 2023
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four women share their experiences with online harassment in Lea Clermont-Dion and Guylaine Maroist's documentary Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age.

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Now Streaming: Star Wars Kid Confronts the Force of Viral Videos

by Pat Mullen
March 31, 2022
Features

Star Wars Kid is Mathieu Fournier's NFB documentary about Ghyslain Raza, who unwillingly rose to infamy as the internet's first viral star.

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TikTok Boom Review: Whet Your App-etite

by Pat Mullen
January 28, 2022
Reviews/Sundance

Coded Bias director Shalini Kantayya explores the rise of the social media app TikTok and its hugely popular viral videos in TikTok, Boom.

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REVIEW: Deep Web

by Andrew Parker
April 27, 2015
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Alex Winter's meticulously researched, impartial, and prescient Deep Web casts an eye upon the problematic future of national security.

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The Economics of Internet Television in Canada

by Cameron McMaster
April 1, 2010
Industry

DOC's policy point person analyzes how TV makes money, even on the internet. Guess who's paying? Filmmakers: read and weep.

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