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Date: April 29, 2024 Mon
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1 results foundAuthor: Reporters Without Borders Title: Online Harassment of Journalists: Attack of the Trolls Summary: In a new report entitled "Online harassment of journalists: the trolls attack," Reporters Without Borders (RSF) sheds light on the latest danger for journalists – threats and insults on social networks that are designed to intimidate them into silence. The sources of these threats and insults may be ordinary "trolls" (individuals or communities of individuals hiding behind their screens) or armies of online mercenaries. Harassing journalists has never been as easy as it is now. Freedom of expression and bots are being used to curtail the freedom to inform. With the help of its 12 bureaux and sections and its worldwide network of correspondents, RSF has documented dozens of cases in 32 countries for the last six months and has for the first time classified the types of online harassment. RSF has interviewed experts in cyber-crime, newsroom editors, lawyers and, above all, journalists themselves - some of whom have been terrified by the torrents of online abuse to a scale they had never imagined possible. The links between the masterminds and the trolls who carry out the cyberviolence against journalists are often hard to demonstrate. More research needs to be done. One thing is nonetheless clear: this phenomenon is spreading throughout the world. How should we respond to these virulent online campaigns that often have dramatic consequences? RSF offers recommendations for governments, international organizations, online platforms, media companies, and advertisers. Details: Washington, DC: Reporters without Borders, 2018. 37p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed January 9, 2019 at: https://rsf.org/sites/default/files/rsf_report_on_online_harassment.pdf Year: 2018 Country: International URL: https://rsf.org/en/news/rsf-publishes-report-online-harassment-journalists Shelf Number: 154020 Keywords: Bots Cybercrime Cyberviolence Insults Journalists Online Harassment Online Mercenaries Reporters Social Media Social Networks Threats Trolls |