Eighty-five percent of women have witnessed online harassment. Gay, lesbian, trans and Black journalists are at risk of abuse, doxing and rape threats.
Online abuse is one part of a broader spectrum of attacks—digital, physical, legal and psychological—aimed at pushing women and nonbinary individuals offline, out of public discourse and out of their fields of expertise.
Instead, I became even more determined to continue doing my job and staying online, one of the few remaining places not controlled by the Egyptian government. I refused to accept that the only way for me to be safe was to leave the online spaces where I could be my full self, where I, alongside many others, could draw attention to the constant, egregious human rights violations surrounding me.
Identity matters not only in terms of the frequency of online attacks but also in terms of the kinds of tactics used. Whereas men may be subjected to insults about their intelligence or ability in general, women and nonbinary people are more likely to experience tactics that are explicitly gendered, including sexual harassment, threats of sexual violence, gendered disinformation andIt’s one thing to be called an idiot and a hack.
Indian journalist Rana Ayyub is frequently inundated with abusive comments within seconds of posting on X.Authoritarianism, which is on the rise globally, relies on the suppression of the free press and the fueling of misogyny and other forms of identity-based hate to dismantle democratic processes. Women journalists, whose voices have historically been marginalized and are now gaining ground, have become a target for anti-democratic movements.
The connection between online and offline violence is so clear that when Filipina American Nobel Peace laureate Maria Ressa started facing escalating attacks online, the family of Caruana Galizia publicly expressed their fears for Ressa’s safety.
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