Women are harassed every 30 seconds on Twitter, major study finds

If you’re a woman with an opinion on Twitter, chances are you’ve been harassed, abused, or even threatened. But, a new major study by Amnesty International has explored the horrifying prevalence of this abuse. 

The study — conducted with global artificial intelligence software company Element AI —analysed 228,000 tweets sent to 778 women politicians and journalists in the UK and U.S. in 2017. 

The findings revealed that 1.1 million “abusive or problematic tweets” were sent to the women in the study across the year — one every 30 seconds on average.  Read more…

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