Rotten.com was a shock website from the late 90s and early 2000s that collected the most gruesome and explicit photos on the early internet. After a series of outrages pushed it into the public eye, the site would become an unlikely voice in the battle for online free speech at a time when the government was first attempting to censor the net.\n\nBecome a Patron and support our show!\n\nFollow American Hysteria on social media:\nTwitter: @AmerHysteria\nInstagram: @AmericanHysteriaPodcast\nFind our merch at americanhysteria.com\n\nAmerican Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith\nSound design by Clear Commo Studios\nResearched and edited Riley Smith\nProduced and editing by Miranda Zickler\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices