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A Woman on Twitter is Abused Every 30 Seconds (fastcompany.com)
That shocking statistic comes from a study conducted by Amnesty International and AI software startup Element AI. From a report: In the study, called Troll Patrol, Amnesty International and Element AI looked at data from 288,000 tweets sent to 778 female politicians and journalists in the U.S. and U.K. in 2017. Using machine learning on the data, the group then extrapolated just how wide-ranging abuse toward women is on Twitter. The result: 1.1 million abusive or problematic tweets were sent to the women in the study during the year -- that's one abusive or problematic tweet every 30 seconds. And it's even worse for women of color -- and especially black women -- who were targeted more frequently than white women.
But most of those were for Hillary. And she deserves every one.
1 in 4 homeless are women. Plz halp
Trump is the most abused male on Twitter.
Hell, he's the most abused male OFF Twitter.
If those statements aren't true, it's not because I don't try.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
It doesn't matter. It's never ok to be offensive or insensitive to a woman, online or offline, no matter what you think about them personally or about their politics.
Except for that one fat slut, Stephanie.
I guess women either shouldn't use Twitter or limit their sessions to 29 seconds to avoid being abused.
#DeleteFacebook
...I can't believe she hasn't closed her account yet...