7.1% of tweets sent to the women in the study were “problematic” or “abusive”. Amounts to 1.1 million tweets mentioning 778 women across the year, or one every 30 seconds.
This sounds horrifying, and puts so much perspective
Study by @amnesty @element_aihttps://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/crowdsourced-twitter-study-reveals-shocking-scale-of-online-abuse-against-women/ …
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The amount of abusive tweets or other online harassment I get is close to zero. I probably can count them on my fingers. The fact that within a span of a small dimension, things change so much is quite alarming. I knew the internet was bad, but damn I didn't know it was this bad.
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It is a very different world for me. Ever since my out spoken push on
#protestNIPS and me countering misogynistic influencers on Twitter the amount of trolling has increased. Having#feminist in my profile doesn't help either6 replies 5 retweets 41 likes -
Replying to @AnimaAnandkumar @soumithchintala
You’re a real change maker. Thank you.
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I'll support you all the way. This was clearly the right thing to do. No doubt about that. Thank you for your courage!


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Replying to @happybandits @ruchowdh and
also, I am a campaigning/crowdfunding enthusiast/expert. If there is anything up you can count on me as your organizer.
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Thank you for being an ally. best way to help is to lend your voice to counter trolls. Women and minorities are disproportionately trolled. Sometimes it is toxic comments that appear to be rational but are relentless and want to win the argument. Pitching in is best way to help
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loop me in any time. I am not that smart, so it often helps when smart people tell me what to do. At
@jadatascience we will organize a discussion for the academic staff in February to discover a bit where we stand. Am happy to share the discussion points of course.0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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