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September 17, 2025 | Laura Bates | Feminism, Misogyny, Online harassment, Science and tech
AI and the New Age of Misogyny

Laura Bates, author of The New Age of Sexism, says: “We are building a whole new world, but the inequalities and oppression of our current society are being baked into its very foundations.”

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October 07, 2022 | Stefanie Davis Kempton, Ph.D. | Media, Online harassment
New Study Shows Harmful Impact of Online Harassment of Women Journalists

Women journalists are significantly more likely than men to be targeted for online threats and harassment, and it's having an impact on how they do their jobs.

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May 26, 2021 | Dr. Asia A. Eaton | Online harassment, Violence against women
SHIELD Act Would Be First Federal Law on Intimate Image Abuse

The bipartisan bill, part of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, would be the first to outlaw the distribution of private intimate visual depictions without consent.

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April 29, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Girls, Online harassment, Violence against women
Unexpected pandemic effect: Child abuse proliferates online

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a massive surge in child abuse material being uploaded, according to a story from the Fuller Project for International Reporting co-published with the UK Telegraph.

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December 20, 2019 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Online harassment, Violence against women
More than half of women vets say they were stalked while serving

As if being pursued by an enemy isn’t traumatic enough, women in the military are also being stalked by their own..

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December 11, 2019 | Lucina Di Meco | Free Speech, International, Online harassment, Politics
For women in politics, social media is a double-edged sword

Research shows that social media exposes female politicians to online abuse, but it also enables them to engage directly with their constituencies without the bias of mass media.

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November 07, 2019 | Soraya Chemaly | Free Speech, Gender-based violence, Media, Online harassment, Politics
Katie Hill, deepfakes, and how “political risk” is defined

The discussion around Rep. Katie Hill's resignation has mostly missed the truths about the crime that was committed against her.

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September 06, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Free Speech, International, Online harassment
Russian feminist charged with ‘inciting hatred’ against men online

“I don’t think there is any reason whatsoever to charge me with hate speech toward anyone,” says Russian feminist Lyubov Kalugina.

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August 30, 2018 | Lindsey Kukunda | International, Online harassment, Violence against women
In Uganda, harassment conviction brings backlash

The targeting of a member of parliament has shed light on everyday violence against women.

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March 26, 2018 | Shauna Dillavou | Online harassment, Science and tech
Women-run Bumble to Silicon Valley: User safety is the new cool

Women-led tech makes us all safer — and it's good business.


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