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United States: Online Mob Targets Journalist Sabrina Schnur Following Elon Musk Tweet
Crime reporter Sabrina Schnur and the Las Vegas Review-Journal became targets of online harassment and abuse after a tweet from Elon Musk misinterpreted a report and triggered a social media pile-on.
Canada: Two More Women Journalists of Color Targeted as Deeply Racist, Organised Hate Campaign Escalates
The widespread hate campaign against journalists of color escalated on Monday with two more women journalists receiving threatening and abusive emails. At least 17 journalists were targeted after right-wing politician Maxime Bernier tweeted a provocative message inciting his supporters. Freelance sports journalist Shireen Ahmed and CBC host Angela Sterritt were the latest targets of the ongoing hate campaign, weaponized racist and misogynistic language to threaten, intimidate and silence journalists of color. Maxime’s tweet has since been deleted but the organised campaign against journalists has continued unabated, with many of the vile emails sent from the same email account.
Canada: Ashleigh-Rae Thomas Amongst Journalists Targeted in The Online Troll Campaign. CFWIJ Condemns the Attacks Against Women Journalists and Journalists of Color
At least 18 journalists received vile emails after right-wing politician Maxime Bernier tweeted a provocative message to his followers. Displeased by their coverage of his work, and their line of inquiry, Bernier encouraged his supporters to “play dirty”, thus initiating a violent targeted harassment campaign. He even went so far as to publish the email addresses of some of the journalists online, making them vulnerable to online abuse. Although later taken down by Twitter, the journalists faced hostile digital attacks as a result of his tweets.
Canada: CFWIJ Condemns The Organized Troll Campaign Against Women Journalists And Journalists Of Color
At least eight women journalists received vile emails after right-wing politician Maxime Bernier tweeted a provocative message to his followers. Displeased by their coverage of his work, and their line of inquiry, Bernier encouraged his supporters to “play dirty”, thus initiating a violent targeted harassment campaign. He even went so far as to publish the email addresses of some of the journalists online, making them vulnerable to online abuse. Although later taken down by Twitter, the journalists faced hostile digital attacks as a result of his tweets.
Canada: CFWIJ Condemns The Sexist Online Attacks Against Journalist Christy Somos
Journalist Christy Somos received vile emails after politician Maxime Bernier tweeted out her email addresses alongside several of her colleagues. Displeased by their coverage of his work, and their line of inquiry, Bernier encouraged his supporters to “play dirty”, thus initiating a violent targeted harassment campaign against the journalists. Although later taken down, the journalists faced hostile digital attacks as a result of his statement.
Switzerland: CFWIJ Condemns The Online Attack Against Cathy Macherel
Cathy Macherel was targeted with vicious insults by far-right essayist and filmmaker Alain “Soral'' Bonnet. In a video published on Facebook, Soral targeted Cathy with deeply gendered attacks as well as homophobic insults. The nature of the video was threatening enough for Cathy to register a report with law enforcement agencies.