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Founder of Tattle Life Unmasked and Held Liable in Influencer Harassment Case

The ruling highlights the toll of years of anonymous online abuse that left Lauryn Goodman with anxiety and panic attacks

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Overview

  • Court records reveal Sebastian Bond concealed his identity for eight years before judges ordered him unmasked as the site’s founder
  • A judge ruled Bond must pay damages after anonymous users doctored a photo of Goodman’s children with an NSPCC logo and falsely accused her of neglect
  • Goodman said the manipulated post caused heart palpitations, nausea and panic attacks as trolls claimed she mistreated her son Kairo and daughter Kinara
  • Tech entrepreneur Neil Sands and his wife Donna won defamation damages after enduring a 45-page harassment thread on Tattle Life
  • Tattle Life draws over 12 million unique visitors monthly with an anonymous posting model that courts found enabled defamation and harassment