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How the online space for women is in a crisis and what needs to be done about it
Anitg • 6 years agoAs we celebrate Women’s Day, the online space is still a hostile environment for many women.
Teen girls twice as likely as boys to experience depression due to social media
• 7 years agoDepression via social media is mainly due to online harassment, disturbed sleep and poor body image.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi actor Kelly Marie Tran breaks silence on online harassment, toxic fan culture
Fp Staff • 7 years agoIn an NYT column, Tran said the trolling impacted her in a negative way, strengthening her own insecurities of growing up as an Asian kid in America.
Building resilience: Responding to cyber-bullying in Sri Lanka
Raisa Wickrematunge • 7 years agoTargeted online, often through vicious commentary on their appearance, five Sri Lankans talk about how they fought back | #Longreads
Online sexual harassment: Kerala HC ruling a good start but govt needs to hold internet intermediaries accountable
Dagarwal • 7 years agoIn Majeesh K Mathew v. State of Kerala, the Kerala HC observed that making comments on social media which contain sexually explicit content against a woman amounts to online sexual harassment
ABVP members allegedly attack DU student activist Kawalpreet Kaur at event on online harassment of women
Neerjad • 7 years agoDU student Kawalpreet Kaur was at Satyawati College to speak about her own experience of online harassment. The unions, which included the ABVP, were protesting the invite extended to her
Microsoft lists parental controls on Windows 10 to keep kids safe from cyber-bullying
Ians • 8 years agoAccording to Microsoft's "Digital Civility Index", it has been observed that 64 percent Indian youth are at risk to online cyberbullying and harassment.
Online harassment is on the rise in India, highest incidence of threats found in Mumbai, Delhi: Symantec
Ians • 8 years agoOnline harassment is on the rise in India, with eight out of 10 surveyed reporting to have encountered some form of cyberbullying
'I want you to know there's a place for you in this industry', says Pichai after anti-diversity manifesto
Ians • 8 years agoGoogle's India-born CEO Sundar Pichai finally addressed a coding event for girls on the Google campus.
Four-in-ten Americans have personally experienced online harassment: Survey
Fp Archives • 8 years agoThe survey shows 41 percent of 4,248 respondents have been subjected to online harassment such as offensive name-calling and embarrassment.