Last weekend in the aftermath of the Bondi Mall stabbings, we saw a prime example of how badly wrong the internet can go. 

For 14 hours, Sydney student Ben Cohen was widely named and wrongly identified as the killer - and it spread like wildfire internationally.

By Sunday morning, his name had made its way into the mainstream media - with Australia's 7News misidentifying Ben as the attacker. 

Barrister Chris Patterson joined Francesca to discuss how this happened. 



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Last weekend in the aftermath of the Bondi Mall stabbings, we saw a prime example of how badly wrong the internet can go. 
For 14 hours, Sydney student Ben Cohen was widely named and wrongly identified as the killer - and it spread like wildfire internationally.
By Sunday morning, his name had made its way into the mainstream media - with Australia's 7News misidentifying Ben as the attacker. 
Barrister Chris Patterson joined Francesca to discuss how this happened. 
 
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