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Women journalists and online harassment: the resistance in Bosnia

A daily occurrence in Balkan newsrooms and a risk factor for press freedom according to international bodies, online harassment against women in the media...

IFJ Survey: two-thirds of women journalists suffered gender-based online attacks

Brussels, December 7, 2018 - 66 % of the women journalists who were victims of online harassment suffered attacks based on their gender, according to...

Tackling the trolls: how women are fighting back against online bullies

Refusing to be silent, women are leading research, campaigns and new strategies to stop trolls and create safer online spaces. by Sian Norris, OpenDemocracy Back in...

RSF Report: “Online harassment of journalists: the trolls attack”

In a new report Reporters Without Borders (RSF) voices concern about the scale of a new threat to press freedom, the mass harassment of...

New reports highlight IPI research on state-sponsored trolling

Tech companies have responsibility to curb state-sponsored trolling, IFTF report suggests. by Sanna Pekkonen, Helsingin Sanomat Foundation Journalism Fellow at IPI, Jul 20, 2018 Death and...

Two-fold risk for Serbia’s women journalists as attackers target their work and gender

By Marija Sajkas / CPJ Guest blogger "In the past five years I was publically called many things. I was an old hag, a sterile, cheap...

JaBiHuEU and Mediacentar Sarajevo launch “Go Digital Against Harassment”

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to the safety of journalists and protection of media freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina by...

The Other Threat Against Journalists in Turkey: Criminalization of Social Media Use and Online Harassment

The dismal state of press freedom in Turkey is now incontrovertible. Report after report has documented the growing numbers of imprisoned journalists, shuttered newspapers,...

Study: online abuse of Hungary journalists ubiquitous

Report finds soft chilling effect, desensitisation among risks for nation's media. The online harassment of journalists in Hungary adds a new dimension to the country’s...

IPI launches ‘Voices Against Online Harassment’ video series

Following its launch last week of the first database on online harassment against journalists, the International Press Institute (IPI) published “Voices against Online Harassment”,...
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