"Black women are 84% more likely to be abused on social media than white women, according to a 2018 Amnesty International study.
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"Black women are 84% more likely to be abused on social media than white women, according to a 2018 Amnesty International study. By 2020, further research by Glitch, a UK charity committed to ending the abuse of women and marginalised people online, found that online abuse against women, disproportionately impacts Black women, non-binary people and women from minoritised communities, all of whom were more likely to feel like their complaints to social media companies were not adequately addressed.
Black women in the public eye bear the brunt of online trolling. This was witnessed back in 2017, when Amnesty found of the thousands of horrendous abuse (including rape and death threats) directed to female MPs on Twitter, over half were aimed at Britain’s first Black woman MP, Labour politician, Diane Abbott."
The Most Disrespected Group Online Are Black Women — This CEO Is Fighting Back
"Online abuse disproportionately impacts Black women," says CEO of UK charity Glitch, Seyi Akiwowo. To help people reclaim online spaces from trolls, Akiwowo has released the first intersectional guide to online safety and allyship, 'How To Stay Safe Online'.
(www.refinery29.com)
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Which is the main reason why I no longer give any fucks about white tenderqueers whose worst experience with online harassment is being put on an optional blocklist on a social media network that has less than 1 million monthly users total.
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"Troll Patrol means we have the data to back up what women have long been telling us – that Twitter is a place where racism, misogyny and homophobia are allowed to flourish basically unchecked,” said Milena Marin, Senior Advisor for Tactical Research at Amnesty International.
“We found that, although abuse is targeted at women across the political spectrum, women of colour were much more likely to be impacted, and black women are disproportionately targeted. Twitter’s failure to crack down on this problem means it is contributing to the silencing of already marginalized voices.”
Amnesty and Element AI release largest ever study into abuse against women on Twitter
Amnesty and Element AI release largest ever study into abuse against women on Twitter
Amnesty International (www.amnesty.org)