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World Service,19 Jun 2001,24 mins

Lies on the Internet

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In her blog Living Colour, Kaycee Nicole wrote about her life - and battle with cancer - but the fact that she was a fictional persona wasn't revealed until after her 'death'. Why is Internet deceit so easy? With Saundra Mitchell, Judith Donath of MIT's Sociable Media Group and technology writer Bill Thompson.

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