What happens when a prank call goes tragically wrong? Something that was supposed to be a joke had disastrous consequences when Mel placed a prank call to The Duchess of Cambridge. Mel was subject to a torrid of on-line abuse and talks about this from her view point of on-line abuse and exposes what others go through and what we can do about it.
Mel was a teen runaway who struggled with peer pressure after moving from the farm to the city in South Australia at the age of 12. Mel has worked for the biggest radio networks in Australia as an announcer, producer and voiceover artist over the past 15 years. She was co-host of the nation’s most popular night program ‘The Hot 30 Countdown’ both on radio and television. It was on this program she became involved with the ‘Royal Hoax’’ phone call which she describes as a “life-changing experience”.
Mel is very passionate about online trolling, an issue that greatly affects the mental health of many people in our community. She will be using her personal experiences to discuss the ways in which people are being subjected to trolling online, the current laws and guidelines surrounding the issue, as well as her ideas around what we can do to combat the issue.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
