Channel: Amnesty International

Category: News & Politics

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Description: Since the release of Toxic Twitterin 2018, Amnesty International has continued to highlight the scale of abuse women face on Twitter, including in Argentina, India, UK and USA. Meanwhile,women have continued to speak out about the abuse they experience on Twitter, and the company’s failure to adequately respond.The persistent abuse women face on the platform undermines their right to express themselves equally, freely and without fear. Thisabuse is highly intersectionalandwomen from ethnic or religious minorities, marginalized castes,lesbian, bisexual or transgender women -as well as non-binary individuals –and women with disabilities aredisproportionately impacted by abuseon the platform. More information: amnesty.org/en/latest/research/2018/03/online-violence-against-women-chapter-1 More resources about Human Rights: amnesty.org/en Facebook: facebook.com/amnestyglobal Twitter: twitter.com/amnesty Instagram: instagram.com/amnesty For more about Investigating the Truth: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYFf1wOwAZJCZ7aOvmDjFJhSv7XsPcTry #twitter #abuse #callitout #onlineabuse