Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial became one of the defining events of the social media era. Broadcast live online in 2022, the proceedings unfolded alongside an unprecedented wave of content targeting Amber Heard across YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and other platforms.
The case became closely intertwined with online masculinist communities and anti-MeToo narratives. Pro-Depp YouTubers, viral hashtags, bots, edited recordings, memes and TikTok videos helped shape a competing version of events, while harassment against Heard and those who defended her intensified.
From the rise of MeToo in 2017 to the verdict in Fairfax on June 1, 2022, the story traces how social media, disinformation and online misogyny became part of the public battle surrounding the trial.
A closer look at how a celebrity court case became a major struggle over narratives online.
Documentary: Depp vs Heard : the Social Media Trial
Directed by: Elsa Guiol
Production: Babel Doc & Together Media (2023)
#documentary #freedocumentary #johnnydepp #amberheard #deppvsheard #misogyny #disinformation #socialmedia #onlinemisogyny #cyberharassment #metoo #tiktok #youtube #internetculture
The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial became one of the defining events of the social media era. Broadcast live online in 2022, the proceedings unfolded alongside an unprecedented wave of content targeting Amber Heard across YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and other platforms.
The case became closely intertwined with online masculinist communities and anti-MeToo narratives. Pro-Depp YouTubers, viral hashtags, bots, edited recordings, memes and TikTok videos helped shape a competing version of events, while harassment against Heard and those who defended her intensified.
From the rise of MeToo in 2017 to the verdict in Fairfax on June 1, 2022, the story traces how social media, disinformation and online misogyny became part of the public battle surrounding the trial.
A closer look at how a celebrity court case became a major struggle over narratives online.
Documentary: Depp vs Heard : the Social Media Trial
Directed by: Elsa Guiol
Production: Babel Doc & Together Media (2023)
#documentary #freedocumentary #johnnydepp #amberheard #deppvsheard #misogyny #disinformation #socialmedia #onlinemisogyny #cyberharassment #metoo #tiktok #youtube #internetculture
