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UN analysis finds online violence drives many women journalists to self-censor
Summary
A new UN Women analysis, highlighted in a UN press briefing, says nearly half of women journalists self-censor on social media and more than one in five limit their professional work to avoid online abuse; the briefing also noted legal protection gaps and UNESCO's prize for the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate.
Nearly half of women journalists say they self-censor on social media and more than one in five limit their professional work to avoid abuse, a UN spokesperson said at a May 3 briefing highlighting a new UN Women analysis.
The spokesperson, identified in the transcript as Steph, summarized the report's findings: harassment ranges from "nonconsensual sharing of personal images" to so-called deep fakes, which are…
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