A new report from Amnesty International condemns Twitter's insufficient efforts to tackle the deluge of violence facing women. In the front line, black women, who receive an insult every thirty seconds.
Despite the announcement effects of large platforms like Facebook and Twitter, violence and online harassment remain a scourge. And they particularly affect certain profiles, as a new report fromAmnesty International focused on the twittering network. "Our analysis shows that despite some progress, Twitter is not doing enough to protect female users, leading many women to shut up or self-censor on the platform.", said Rasha Abdul Rahim, co-director of Amnesty Tech, in a press release dated September 22, 2020. The NGO specifies that women from minorities and marginalized groups are disproportionately affected, that is to say women racialized women, and particularly blacks, but also lesbian, bisexual, transgender, disabled women, as well as non-binary people.
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Already in May 2020, four French anti-discrimination associations had taken Twitter to court for "inaction against hate online". In December 2018, as part of a large survey published in December 2018, Amnesty International defined that racialized women had "34% more risk" to be mentioned in an abusive or problematic message than white women. By allying with a company specializing in artificial intelligence, the NGO had even established that black users received about one hateful tweet every thirty seconds. "Twitter's failure to crack down on this issue means the platform is helping to silence already marginalized voices.", concluded the organization.
And while this new report welcomes the fact that the platform has made explanations for reporting facts clearer, it stresses that it still does not provide data on the number of users reporting specific facts, such as insults. based on gender or ethnicity.