Trial by TikTok: What the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard case reveals about the limits of #MeToo
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For the last six weeks, the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation trial has been streamed endlessly on social media, spawning an industry of coverage, commentary and meme-making — much of it weighted heavily against Amber Heard. Sociologist Nicole Bedera says the saturation in coverage has been riven with misinformation and threatens to undermine the progress made on understanding gender-based violence.