S5 EP4: Carrie Goldberg is the Troll Slayer




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Summary: <a href="https://www.cagoldberglaw.com/about/carrie-goldberg/" target="_blank">Carrie Goldberg</a>‘s legal career changed course the year her ex-boyfriend relentlessly cyber-harassed her. At the time, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/28/nyregion/revenge-porn-law.html" target="_blank">First Amendment</a> protected his right to post nude photos of her and file (false) police reports against her. Frustrated and angry, Carrie quit her stable nonprofit job and started <a href="https://www.cagoldberglaw.com/about/carrie-goldberg/" target="_blank">a law firm</a> to help people dealing with abusers and stalkers. But, as Carrie explains, she quickly realized that finding justice for these victims required more than taking on their individual cases. She needed a three-pronged approach: come up with a business plan, challenge <a href="https://www.eff.org/issues/cda230#:%7E:text=47%20U.S.C.,of%20the%20Communication%20Decency%20Act&amp;text=Section%20230%20says%20that%20%22No,%C2%A7%20230" target="_blank">the law that protects tech platforms</a>, and change a culture that weaponizes women’s sexuality. This is the fourth episode of <a href="http://www.zigzagpod.com/about" target="_blank">Season 5</a> which explains six systemic problems and profiles six amazing people working to fix them. Tell Manoush what’s going on with your career or company during these strange times @ZigZagPod on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/zigzagpod" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/zigzagpod" target="_blank">Instagram</a> or send a voice memo to <a href="mailto:ZigZag@StableG.com" target="_blank">ZigZag@StableG.com</a>. You can also just say hi <a href="http://www.twitter.com/manoushz" target="_blank">@ManoushZ</a>.