Online misogyny, made easy by social media platforms’ functionality, has offline impacts in normalizing gender-based violence and harassment.
CCDH shared research and policy recommendations on technology-facilitated gender-based violence including our STAR framework with the the White House's task force to address Online Harassment and Abuse.
Trigger warning: violence against women, pedophilia, sexual abuse including rape, racism, antisemitism, and anti-LGBTQ+ hate. CCDH’s new report evidences the dangers incel sites pose to our communities - especially to women and children. The four leading forums we analyzed were filled with extreme hatred of women, racism, glorification of violence, and discussion of pedophilia. Poorly-moderated social media gives bad actors a platform to drag others into a rabbit hole of despair - which often can end in deadly real-world consequences.
Our CEO Imran Ahmed provides written submission and evidence to UK Parliament Public Bill Committee for the Online Safety Bill. We analyzed the provisions of the Bill using our new “STAR” framework, which we developed for analyzing legislative efforts globally.
Extreme misogyny and anti-feminist rhetoric are the foundations of a network of toxic online communities known as the manosphere. These communities promote different ideologies and ideas of masculinity but are united in their view that […]
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CCDH x Cheddar News | 90% of reported misogyny in women's Instagram DMs goes ignored
CCDH x NBC | Instagram's systematic failure on abuse
CCDH x FOX | Women deserve more from Instagram
CCDH x NBC Early Today | Women are being abused in their Instagram DMs
CCDH x NBC | Instagram's corporate gaslighting of women
CCDH x NBC | Instagram is ignoring 90% of misogynistic abuse in DMs
CCDH x KCBS Radio | Instagram Has Chosen the Side of the Abusers
CCDH x TimesRadio | Instagram Ignores 9 in 10 Reports of Misogynistic Abuse in DMs
