{"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-bba6-224ab53f5113/64b19e03955b15001122ca9e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The False Claims Behind an Anti-Trafficking Group’s Hollywood Moment","description":"<p>A movie about a Mormon anti-trafficking activist made headlines when it beat <em>Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</em> at the box office. But <em>Sound of Freedom’s</em> box office numbers aren’t all they’re cracked up to be and the group behind the movie, Operation Underground Railroad (OUR) has a long and troubled history.</p><p><br></p><p>Motherboard Senior Staff Writer Anna Merlan joins us this week on Cyber to explain OUR and <em>Sound of Freedom</em>.</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/k7z74x/tim-ballard-sound-of-freedom-operation-underground-railroad-stepped-away\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Tim Ballard Has ‘Stepped Away’ From Operation Underground Railroad, Org Says</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3apm/anti-trafficking-group-with-long-history-of-false-claims-gets-its-hollywood-moment\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Anti-Trafficking Group With Long History of False Claims Gets Its Hollywood Moment</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/k7a3qw/a-famed-anti-sex-trafficking-group-has-a-problem-with-the-truth\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A Famed Anti-Sex Trafficking Group Has a Problem With the Truth</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvxev5/inside-a-massive-anti-trafficking-charitys-blundering-overseas-missions\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Inside a Massive Anti-Trafficking Charity's Blundering Overseas Missions</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/akgq8a/anti-trafficking-charity-operation-underground-railroad-has-another-murky-rescue-story\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Anti-Trafficking Charity Operation Underground Railroad Has Another Murky Rescue Story</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj8j3v/operation-underground-railroad-criminal-investigation-human-trafficking-tim-ballard-jim-caviezel-qanon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Operation Underground Railroad’s Carefully Crafted Public Image Is Falling Apart</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>We’re recording CYBER live on</strong><a href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/vice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong> Twitch</strong></a><strong>. Watch live during the week.</strong><a href=\"https://www.twitch.tv/vice\" 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.&nbsp;</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"}