This report summarises the results of the three-month OnTheLine project in Austria, which aimed to collect, record and analyse insults and threats against journalists. The project sought to obtain a rough overview of the type, quantity, quality, occurrence and objective of online abuse against journalists. Two primary research methods were used over the […]

This report presents the findings of a three-month study focused on mapping, observing and analysing online harassment of journalists in Hungary. The study aimed to identify the types of harassment journalists are subject to, which journalists are typically harassed, who the harassers are and how journalists cope with harassment. Based on the study, this report […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today launched an online database aimed at recording harassment, abuse, threats, hacking and other web-based methods of intimidating independent media into silence. Intended as a resource for journalists, researchers and media freedom advocates, the database currently contains 766 verified instances of online abuse against journalists collected in two pilot countries, […]

Journalists and bloggers are increasingly the victims of online harassment including death threats, verbal abuse and smear campaigns, in addition to technical attacks. The aggressors in these cases share a common goal: to intimidate journalists into silence and put a stop to critical commentary or investigative reporting that is intended to expose misdeeds and serve […]