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.

Comments

Re: What does problematic mean?

[Anonymous Coward]

1 in 4 homeless are women. Plz halp

Re:Lies, damn lies, and statistics.

[h33t l4x0r]

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.

A woman on Twitter is abused every 30 seconds

[DontBeAMoran]

I guess women either shouldn't use Twitter or limit their sessions to 29 seconds to avoid being abused.

A Woman on Twitter is Abused Every 30 Seconds

[ChatHuant]

...I can't believe she hasn't closed her account yet...