Demand for swift government action on complaints of online abuse
1 month, 1 week ago

Demand for swift government action on complaints of online abuse

The Hindu  

Women who raise their voices face 1,000 times more opposition on social media than what they experience from their family and society, a National Women Journalists Conclave in the State capital on Wednesday observed. At a session on ‘Women in social media’ on Wednesday, the last day of the conclave organised by the State government’s Information and Public Relations department in association with the Kerala Union of Working Journalists, it was observed that social media was a representative cross-section of society. If social media was believed to be a democratic space initially, organised attacks were turning it into the opposite, Truecopy online magazine editor Manila C. Mohan said. Even women’s bodies were targeted on social media, 24 News associate editor Smitha Haridas said.

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AP home minister warns against abusing women on social media
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4 months, 2 weeks ago

AP home minister warns against abusing women on social media

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Home minister Vangalapudi Anitha on Thursday warned that anyone abusing women on social media platforms will not be spared. She underlined that even those who resort to abuse using fake social media accounts will be caught using advanced equipment and punished. Anitha disclosed that under the leadership of Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, …

Twitter worst social media platform for online threats against women, report finds
1 year ago

Twitter worst social media platform for online threats against women, report finds

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, Alex Davies-Jones MP, …

Online abuse of politically active Afghan women tripled after Taliban takeover, rights group reports
1 year, 4 months ago

Online abuse of politically active Afghan women tripled after Taliban takeover, rights group reports

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Online abuse and hate speech targeting politically active women in Afghanistan has significantly increased since the Taliban took over the country in Aug. 2021, according to a report released Monday by a U.K.-based rights group. Building on expertise gained from similar research in Myanmar, the Afghan Witness team analyzed publicly available information from X, formerly known as Twitter, …

Myanmar women target of online abuse by pro-military social media
2 years, 2 months ago

Myanmar women target of online abuse by pro-military social media

Al Jazeera  

Women were subjected to “doxxing” and threatened for expressing views opposing military rule with their online abusers calling for off-line punishment by authorities. “The overwhelming majority of abusive posts were authored by male-presenting profiles supportive of Myanmar’s military coup and targeted women who opposed the coup,” Myanmar Witness said in the report released on Wednesday. Women were also subjected to …

Women ‘no longer believe that social media firms will take down abuse’
2 years, 9 months ago

Women ‘no longer believe that social media firms will take down abuse’

The Telegraph  

Social media firms must make it easier to report misogyny, says Ofcom’s chief, after its study found 60 per cent of women have suffered harmful behaviour online including harassment and trolling in just a month. In an interview with The Telegraph, Dame Melanie Dawes, the watchdog’s chief executive, said the “shocking” abuse that women faced online was getting worse while …

Disinformation board’s ex-leader faced wave of online abuse
2 years, 10 months ago

Disinformation board’s ex-leader faced wave of online abuse

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nina Jankowicz, like so many millennials, was excited to share a social media post announcing her new job on Twitter late last month when she was named executive director for a new disinformation board established by the Department of Homeland Security. But instead of well-wishes, Jankowicz’s tweet set off a torrent of sexist profanities across social media and …

OPINION: Ban IAS, IPS Officers’ Personal Social Media Accounts Grabbing Needless Attention
3 years, 7 months ago

OPINION: Ban IAS, IPS Officers’ Personal Social Media Accounts Grabbing Needless Attention

News 18  

Our Hon’ble PM, Shri Narendra Modi ji, while addressing the 2018 batch of IPS recruits, cautioned “Don’t fall into ‘Singham’ trap. During the media interaction at the same event, I conveyed the same point and opined that it is wrong of a handful of IAS and IPS officials to run so-called fan pages and social media platforms for the sole …

Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of reporters, news outlets
3 years, 8 months ago

Twitter sees jump in govt demands to remove content of reporters, news outlets

The Hindu  

Twitter Inc saw a surge in government demands worldwide in 2020 to take down content posted by journalists and news outlets, according to data released by the social media platform. In its transparency report published on Wednesday, Twitter said verified accounts of 199 journalists and news outlets on its platform faced 361 legal demands from governments to remove content in …

Twitter, Google, Facebook pledge to protect women online
3 years, 8 months ago

Twitter, Google, Facebook pledge to protect women online

India TV News  

Tech firms like Twitter, Google, Facebook and TikTok have committed to tackle online abuse and enhance security for women on their respective platforms. "During our consultations on online gender-based violence and abuse, women expressed a need for greater control over who can comment or reply to their posts, as well as more choice over what they see online, when they …

Naomi Wolf, Donald Trump, and why Twitter and Facebook’s attempts to regulate their platforms may be too late
3 years, 9 months ago

Naomi Wolf, Donald Trump, and why Twitter and Facebook’s attempts to regulate their platforms may be too late

The Independent  

The one-time feminist icon, author of The Beauty Myth, and holder of an Oxford University PhD, has been banned for life from Twitter for peddling the worst form of paranoid anti-vaccine trash. At this point, it’s worth noting that Wolf’s exclusion from Twitter came shortly after Facebook announced that Donald Trump’s suspended account would remain that way for two years. …

Online violence is silencing women journalists
3 years, 10 months ago

Online violence is silencing women journalists

Al Jazeera  

UNESCO has just announced the Philippine investigative journalist and media executive, Maria Ressa, as the winner of the Guillermo Cano Prize for Press Freedom, which honours champions of media freedom, particularly those who have faced danger in order to do this. Back in 2014, 23 percent of the women journalists who responded to a UNESCO survey said they had been …

Facebook, Twitter: A lifeline for Indians in the Covid crisis and a threat for Narendra Modi
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook, Twitter: A lifeline for Indians in the Covid crisis and a threat for Narendra Modi

CNN  

On most days, Network Capital, a business networking group with over 67,000 members on Facebook, focuses on providing its community with information on job vacancies, higher education, and careers. Sonali Pal Chaudhury/NurPhoto/Getty Images In a statement last week, India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said it had asked Twitter, Facebook and others to remove around 100 posts by users …

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat: Global study
4 years, 5 months ago

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat: Global study

Hindustan Times  

Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60% experiencing harassment, a global study showed on Sunday. One in five girls and young women has abandoned or cut down on using a social media platform after being targeted, with some saying harassment started when they were as young as eight, the …

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: poll
4 years, 5 months ago

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: poll

The Hindu  

Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60% experiencing harassment, a global study showed on Sunday. One in five girls and young women has abandoned or cut down on using a social media platform after being targeted, with some saying harassment started when they were as young as eight, the …

‘Toxic’: Online abuse drives women, girls from social media
4 years, 5 months ago

‘Toxic’: Online abuse drives women, girls from social media

Al Jazeera  

New study finds nearly 60 percent of women and girls using Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have suffered abuse. Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60 percent experiencing harassment, according to a new global study. One in five girls and young women has abandoned or cut down her use of …

Twitter is ‘toxic place’ for women, finds Amnesty International report
6 years, 3 months ago

Twitter is ‘toxic place’ for women, finds Amnesty International report

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Amnesty International has described Twitter as a “toxic …

Behave responsibly on social media
6 years, 8 months ago

Behave responsibly on social media

Hindustan Times  

“The government can’t make people love me, but it can keep them from lynching me.” While vacationing in Europe’s verdant valleys, one of my friends was reminded of these words by Martin Luther King Junior. A woman mourns the death of her family members killed in a mob attack on Sunday on suspicion of being part of a child-kidnapping gang …

Women are boycotting Twitter? Here’s why #WomenBoycottTwitter is trending today
7 years, 5 months ago

Women are boycotting Twitter? Here’s why #WomenBoycottTwitter is trending today

India TV News  

There’s no doubt that women have been largely subjected to online harassment and abuse to such an extent that they either leave the platform or are forced to make their handles private. But unfortunately, despite the increasing issue, Twitter has contributed least to better their policies and instead allowed users to write 280 characters instead of 140. This movement was …

Freedom of social media used, misused, abused
8 years, 8 months ago

Freedom of social media used, misused, abused

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Social media was the platform of choice for those who stressed on freedom of speech and demanded repeal of Section 66A of the IT Act, until the Act was struck down by the Supreme Court last year. However, social media users as well as the social media companies themselves fail to show enough accountability to this freedom. Many social …

Reclaim the Internet campaign to tackle 'colossal' scale of online misogyny
8 years, 10 months ago

Reclaim the Internet campaign to tackle 'colossal' scale of online misogyny

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Labour’s Yvette Cooper will join her party colleague Jess Phillips, former Liberal Democrat MP …

Slander and abuse that right-wing women face on social media, which MSM ignores
8 years, 10 months ago

Slander and abuse that right-wing women face on social media, which MSM ignores

Op India  

Recently a new narrative is shaping up: A section of the left-liberals are highlighting abuse/threats received by them from alleged right-wing social media users and are attempting to paint all online abuse as stemming from the right-wing. The end-game of this narrative seems to be an attempt to throttle freedom of expression on social media, with senior editors even asking …

Twitter Targets Trolls With New Rules On Abuse
10 years, 3 months ago

Twitter Targets Trolls With New Rules On Abuse

NPR  

Twitter Targets Trolls With New Rules On Abuse Enlarge this image toggle caption Twitter Twitter Saying it wants to build "a safer Twitter," the company is announcing changes to two areas: how it handles harassment and the tools that let users block people who've sent abusive messages. Twitter announced the changes in a blog post Tuesday, which reads in part: …

In Britain, users want Twitter to crackdown on online abuse
11 years, 7 months ago

In Britain, users want Twitter to crackdown on online abuse

Firstpost  

Twitter, the social media site, is under pressure in Britain to make it easier for Internet users to report abuse after more than 30,000 people petitioned it over the case of a feminist campaigner who says she was repeatedly threatened with rape. Caroline Criado-Perez helped lobby the Bank of England to make a woman, 19th century novelist Jane Austen, the …

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