Clickbait In the Media: 10 Things You Need to Know!

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Clickbait is an eight-part series filmed in Victoria Australia. Clickbait explores the dangers of social media that allows us free range to explores our most dangerous and unfettered impulses and reveals the ever-widening rifts we foster between our real-life and virtual personas.

The series tells the story of Nick Brewer (Adrien Grenier), a man with a loving wife, two sons, and a beautiful home.

Then one day he disappears without a trace. As his wife (Betty Gabriel) and sister (Zoe Kazan) start looking for him, a livestream shows up of of a badly beaten Nick holding a sign that says, "I abuse women. At 5 million hits, I die." Is this a threat or a confession? Or both? Are the allegations true? Do they prove the seemingly perfect family man has something to hide? Or is this part of a twisted game by the kidnapper to illustrate the dangers of social media where society is quick to judge every media sensation? As the view count quickly surges, panic sets in. Another video is released and things intensify even more. Even Nick's loved ones are left wondering if Nick really is the kind, loving man they believed him to be. There are multiple sides to a story so you get to see Nick's life from several different points-of-view.

Can Nick's wife and sister come together to save him before the media sensationalism completely impedes their efforts.

Clickbait premieres Wednesday, August 25 on Netflix.

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Clickbait creator reveals Netflix thriller is based on real cybercrime cases

The creators studied a number of different real cybercrimes and used those to create the story they presented.

Each episode gives you a view of the events from a different person's perspective.