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41 Percent of Adults In the US Have Been Harassed Online, Says Pew Study (techcrunch.com)
According to a new Pew Research Center study, 41 percent of adults said they have experienced harassment online, and 66 percent of people said they've seen it happen to others. What's the most common form of online harassment? According to the study, it's offensive name-calling. TechCrunch reports: It's worth noting that while men are slightly more likely than women to be harassed online (44 percent versus 37 percent), women are more likely to be sexually harassed online. For example, 53 percent of women surveyed reported receiving explicit images they did not request. Unsurprisingly, social media is where people are most likely to experience online harassment, with 58 percent of those harassed saying the most recent incident happened on a social media platform. Also unsurprising is the fact that more than half of people harassed don't know the person harassing them. Pew also explored "emergent" forms of online harassment, like doxing (posting someone's personal information online without consent), trolling (intentionally trying to provoke or upset someone), hacking (illegally accessing someone's accounts) and swatting (when you call 911 for a fake emergency and have the police show up at that person's house). "While many Americans are not aware of these behaviors, they have all been used to escalate abuse online," the report states.
100% of Slashdotters have been harassed online. And if you're reading Slashdot, and you haven't been harassed, you're a stupid piece of shit.
There. It's back at 100%.
"First they came for the slanderers and i said nothing."
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On usenet in the mid 90's, sure there were the occasional jerks who would just rip into everyone. You added them to your kill filter, and that was pretty much the end of that.
More forums need kill filters.
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The notion of "harassment" has got very blurry lately...
Reminder that this is the current definition of harassment.
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If you read the actual survey it has categories like "physically threatened", "stalked" and "sexually harassed".
Same that the summary links to some clickbaity reporting rather than the actual study. It's not the best study, but it's not measuring how often people were told they are wrong.
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SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
sounds just like a troll justifying trolling...
abuse is abuse
Sure let's go with that. Going by your own post, the above is harassment. Please send victimbux to email address next to UID.
But let's roll with some examples: Kotaku defends why they incited harassment against nintendo. Leftwing journo say's they're being harassed after lying and sicing antifa on other journalists. One of the "big name" people who claimed Gamergate=harassment engaging in harassment. Her organization engaging in targeted harassment, media gives no shits because it doesn't fit the narrative. People directly linked to her organization engage in doxing and harassment. Just remember it's okay when one ideology does it, but only one. Also remember existing is harassment. If you want more examples, try Tim Pool.
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