Political actors and partisan media outlets foment online violence against prominent Daily Maverick journalists, according to a new study published by the US-based International Center for Journalists that analyzed over 270,000 social media posts.
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In all three cases, we see a pattern of online violence perpetrators inverting the truth and falsely accusing the targets of being disinformation purveyors. Their clear aim? To smear the journalists, discredit their journalism, and undercut public trust in facts.
Reputational attacks are correlated with reporting on illegal conduct while general abusive remarks are mostly triggered by posts connected to reporting critical of the State. Captured news media in South Africa and their staff are also vectors of gendered online violence against independent journalists, including the women ofhas revealed that in nations like the Philippines and India, coordinated troll efforts frequently focus on a specific female journalist. These campaigns unleash automatic attacks against nearly all of her posts, publications, and statements, irrespective of the actual content.
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