Female journalists get roughly three times as much harassment on Twitter as their male counterparts, according to a report by the UK think tank Demos.
But why are women more likely receive online abuse than men, and what can we do about it?
Technology editor Abigail Edge speaks to three journalists who have been on the receiving end of online abuse, plus one of the authors behind the Demos report:
- Abi Wilkinson, journalist, UsVsTh3m
- Alanah Pearce, video game reviewer, Button Bash, and radio co-host, 4zzz
- Sonia Faleiro, journalist and co-founder, Deca Stories
- Carl Miller, research director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos
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