Professionally, many of us have had to transition to a completely new virtual workplace.
Students are struggling to complete their studies from home, a true challenge in any era.
For many, and what could be more troubling, is that sameharassment has shifted and even increased online.
This article will dig into our findings and how the current pandemic is negatively impacting those communities online.
The survey included a short interview with a qualified support operative with over 12 months seniority in the center.
The survey’s focus period was February-July 2020.
A Racist post from TikTok | Source: Buzzfeed News (TikTok)
Its far easier to harass a child or a young person online because its never happening in person.
It is easily one of the ugliest moments in internet history when it comes to online abuse.
Another example of online hate that targets women isrevenge porn.
A Racist post from TikTok | Source: Buzzfeed News (TikTok)
Even during the best of times, LGBTQ young people and adults grapple with online abuse and harassment regularly.
We can draw some conclusions from these numbers as compared to the foreboding statistics we pulled from our research.
Remember: those anonymous reporting tools are not as robust as they were pre-COVID.
Human Rights Watch has sounded the alarm,reporting a spikeofanti-Asian xenophobia globally.
There is documented online xenophobia from reliably racist and white nationalistic online forums includig 4Chan.
People arent just flocking to streaming content and Zoom meetings.
We did more digging into other apps that users are jumping on now more than ever.
All of Facebook’s apps saw a sharp increase, mostly by users age 18 to 24.
In Australia, overall internet usagejumpedby 56% during lockdown.
Social media was the 4th most popular category according to the Australian eSafety Commissioners survey.
The same survey reported that nearly a third, or 26% received unwanted contact or messages.
We already know that messaging apps and online games are hotbeds for hate speech and online abuse.
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We dug up some statistics on which countries are managing online safety better than others.
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Without their help, every group mentioned here will suffer greatly, and so will society itself.
