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‘It is becoming unbearable:’ Journalists say they have become ‘scapegoats’ at anti-vaccine protests | Committee to Protect Journalists
by Attila Mong
October 7, 2021
Journalists covering demonstrations against COVID-19 countermeasures have been called “terrorists,” “pedophiles,” “murderers,” and “scumbags.” Protesters have harassed and assaulted members…
Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show. | WSJ
by Justin Scheck, Newley Purnell, and Jeff Horwitz
September 21, 2021
In January, a former cop turned Facebook Inc. investigator posted an all-staff memo on the company’s internal message board. It…
How harassment keeps women politicians offline in Uganda | Rest of World
by Garnett Achieng'
September 2, 2021
Last year, the Electoral Commission of Uganda declared that the January 14, 2021 presidential elections would be “scientific,” meaning that…
Tackling online hate speech one emoji at a time | Oxford Internet Institute
by Hannah Rose Kirk
August 24, 2021
New research from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) exposes critical problems in how emoji-based online hate is tackled, with OII…
“In Kosovo, everybody has their own truth” | Columbia Journalism Review
by Scott Winter
August 24, 2021
Serbians and Albanians have clashed in the mountains and valleys of what is now Kosovo since the fourteenth century. In…
Election Officials Still Face Death Threats And Conspiracies | NPR
by Miles Parks
August 18, 2021
It's been more than nine months since Election Day 2020, but as the nation's top election officials met in Iowa…
Extremism Online | Essay Series
July 28, 2021
Extremism Online In this essay series from Items, the SSRC’s digital forum, researchers examine how right-wing extremism ideologies multiply through…
Female video game journalists on what to do when the mob comes for you | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Luke Winkie
July 27, 2021
The weirdest harassment campaign Ash Parrish ever faced came after she wrote a cheeky, semi-facetious story for Kotaku about why…
Under pressure after the Capitol riot, self-styled militias are regrouping around anti-vaxx conspiracy theories | Insider
by Tom Porter
July 15, 2021
In the wake of the January 6 Capitol riot, so-called militia groups such as the Three Percenters and Oath Keepers…