Netflix Docuseries ‘Web of Make Believe’ Tackles Sextortion and Death by ‘Swatting’ in First Trailer (EXCLUSIVE)

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Addie Morfoot ContributorBrian Knappenberger explores technology and crime in “Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet,” a six-part anthology docuseries from Imagine that will debut on Netflix June 15.Episodes include “Death by SWAT” about the consequences of “swatting” – a harassment technique that involves a person making a false report to emergency police against an innocent target – and “A Murder in D.C,” about the conspiracies around the 2016 murder of Seth Rich, the slain Democratic National Committee staffer whose death was used by right-wing activists to help exonerate Russia’s interference in the 2016 Presidential Election.“‘Web of Make Believe: Death, Lies and the Internet’ is a collection of stories gathered over years of making films about the world of technology,” says Knappenberger. “I’ve always been interested in how technology changes the lives of everyday people, and in how our perceptions and brains are changed.

The big questions hang over all of these stories, but the main focus is on the lives and events of people caught in this web.

It is not all bad — new possibilities emerge along with dangers — but the stories take surprising turns since the truths we tell ourselves are often not real.

The docuseries, which was also produced by Luminant Media, features three separate stories of people caught in a dark and twisted web of modern misinformation and digital deception. “I’m Not a Nazi” revolves around a woman who recounts her journey to becoming a mouthpiece for white nationalist hate speech.