{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6dab3ca4-41f5-4fd4-bba6-224ab53f5113/640108881cae73001142a7f7?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How Tubgirl Became a TikTok Sensation","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b79eac169562946fe952a8/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok are awash in people reacting to horrifying videos. 2 girls 1 cup, Tubgirl, Goatse, and websites like Ogrish.com shaped the modern internet. Appropriating and sharing these horrifying images and videos was a big part of what people did during the early days of the web.</p><p><br></p><p>But why? And how do these shocking viral sensations translate onto the modern and sanitized web? This week on Cyber, Blake Hester stops by to walk us through it all.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Stories discussed in this episode:</strong></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxnw7b/shit-death-and-gore-how-shock-sites-shaped-the-internet\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How Shock Sites Shaped the Internet</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on</strong><a href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Twitch</strong></a><strong> and</strong><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/motherboard\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> YouTube</strong></a><strong>. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/motherboardtv/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Follow us</strong></a><strong> there to get alerts when we go live. We take questions from the audience and yours might just end up on the show.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribe to</strong><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cyber/id1441708044?mt=2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> CYBER on Apple Podcasts</strong></a><strong> or wherever you listen to your podcasts.</strong></p>","author_name":"VICE"}