Investigating the “Truman Show” Internet: How a Target’s World Could Be Warped and How to Fight Back

Imagine Li, a materials scientist, who wakes up to a Facebook post criticizing her research interests. In her coffee break, her phone buzzes with a news alert: “Local inventor exposed by university”, but the link shows her image in a manipulated photo. Every message, ad, and even ringtone seems chosen to unsettle her. Is this a vivid coincidence… or is someone sculpting Li’s reality?