Read this article in English Auch wenn das Thema „Hasspostings“ (gegen JournalistInnen, aber auch gegen Dritte oder abstrakte Gruppen) erst im Jahr 2016 eine erhöhte mediale Aufmerksam bekam, kämpfen Medien schon seit Längerem damit. Alle digital tätigen Medienhäuser mussten sich in den letzten Jahren Gedanken machen, wie sie mit diesen Herausforderungen umgehen. Dahinter stehen neben […]

Lesen Sie diesen Artikel auf Deutsch While the topic of online abuse – against journalists, but also against third parties – may have gained increased media attention in 2016, Austrian media outlets have struggled with the problem for some time now. In recent years, all media outlets with a digital presence have had to think […]

In Turkey, words such as “traitor” and “terrorist” appear frequently in violent threats directed against journalists on social media as part of campaigns led by supporters of the country’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) . IPI’s interactive database of online abuse against journalists, part of its Ontheline programme, collected 176 instances of violent threats […]

Read this article in Hungarian. The online harassment of journalists in Hungary adds a new dimension to the country’s overall state of freedom of expression, according to a new report released today by the International Press Institute (IPI). The report presents the findings of a three-month study focused on mapping and analysing online attacks against […]