--- description: Read excerpts of her speech provided exclusively to TIME title: Read Monica Lewinsky's Moving Speech on Cyberbullying image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt234260a759bac9f0/6988586fa988caca6f6b334c/gettyimages-478448940.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read Monica Lewinsky's Moving Speech on Online Shaming  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 25, 2015 10:55 PM CUT  Monica Lewinsky attends the 'Cannes Lions Festival' on June 25, 2015 in Cannes, France. Monica Lewinsky attends the 'Cannes Lions Festival' on June 25, 2015 in Cannes, France.Marc Piasecki—Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jun 25, 2015 10:55 PM CUT Monica Lewinsky is back in the spotlight, this time as an activist working to end cyberbullying and online shaming. Almost two decades after she was thrust into international infamy for her affair with then President Bill Clinton, Lewinsky has emerged as a fierce advocate for victims of online shaming, arguing that her experience as a 22-year-old intern made her “patient zero” of online internet shaming, perhaps the earliest example of what internet shame can do to someone’s life. In a series of articles and speeches, including a [TED Talk](http://www.ted.com/talks/monica%5Flewinsky%5Fthe%5Fprice%5Fof%5Fshame?language=en "undefined") earlier this year, Lewinsky says that we all need to work together to create what she calls a “compassionate society.” On Thursday, Lewinsky delivered the Ogilvy + Inspire speech at the Cannes Lions advertising festival on the relationship between the media and public shaming, and what advertising can do about it. Here are extensive excerpts from her remarks, provided exclusively to TIME: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3936957/monica-lewinsky-speech-cyberbullying/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3936957/monica-lewinsky-speech-cyberbullying/"},"headline":"Read Monica Lewinsky's Moving Speech on Online Shaming","datePublished":"2015-06-25T22:55:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:57:08.619Z","description":"Read excerpts of her speech provided exclusively to TIME","url":"https://time.com/3936957/monica-lewinsky-speech-cyberbullying/","keywords":["Living","Internet","celebrities","Monica Lewinsky","Bill Clinton","cyberbullying"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt234260a759bac9f0/6988586fa988caca6f6b334c/gettyimages-478448940.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt234260a759bac9f0/6988586fa988caca6f6b334c/gettyimages-478448940.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cannes Lions : Day Five","caption":"Cannes Lions : Day Five","creditText":"Marc Piasecki—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3936957/monica-lewinsky-speech-cyberbullying/","name":"Read Monica Lewinsky's Moving Speech on Online Shaming"}}]}] ```