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Good morning! Team TrollBusters was at the session 'Frenemies: reinventing the Big Tech versus journalism dynamic' at @rightscon with @accessnow. @courtneyr
was directing the conversation. Read on below for highlights from the discussion:
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was directing the conversation. Read on below for highlights from the discussion:
#RightsCon2022 #rightscon
Sally Lehrman shared details about the incredible work that @_trustproject does to promote transparency. Then Jason Lambert shared how news media can use advertising to grow, this is helpful especially for improving reliable and trustworthy local media.
Local news in Ukraine was under threat but @morelliana from @MediaGFMD stepped in to provide assistance. By working together with Facebook, Twitter and more platforms their team provided help to protect independent voices.
Team TrollBusters was at the session 'Keeping your reputation safe when under attack' at @rightscon. Journalists from around the world discussed reputation management after disinformation attacks. Find highlights from the discussion below: #RightsCon #RightsCon2022 @accessnow @UN
Last October a report was presented to the @UN about gendered abuse that women face online. The jist: while social media is an amazing tool - women journalists, politicans, activists, etc. come under attack from an anonymous mob online.
Political journalist @ivabelle_a from Mexico shared the problems that women reporters face while working in locations where organized crime is rampant. Even covering issues that are not related to violence brings them under attack.
Team TrollBusters was at #RightsCon2022 for the session 'Tweets in indictments: criminalization of social media against journalists.' This discussion focussed on the experiences of journalists in Turkey but are relevant to reporters everywhere. Highlights of the session below:
One journalist shares that in Turkey journalists are killed or arrested, so not many take online harassment seriously. But receiving death threats should not be okay! The country is becoming more polarized so there is lack of tolerance.
This journalist has covered migration and the refugee crisis for a long time, but in the last three years the threats she received have become heightened. Even covering issues from a human rights perspective leads to attacks and criticism.
Team TrollBusters was at the session 'Our social network: intersectional feminist tech advocacy for journalist safety' at #RightsCon #RightsCon2022 with @rightscon @accessnow. We explored this deeply in this story: yoursosteam.wordpress.com/inclusive-tech… Find highlights from the session below:
This panel discussed issues related to online safety such as dealing with reporting backlash, the loneliness that women media professionals feel, etc. In separate breakout rooms participants were encouraged to share their own frustrations with navigating digital spaces.
The first topic was reporting online abuse to digital platforms. The participants shared that they have reported some of the abuse they experienced or observed on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram.
