‘A Toxic Place for Women.’ A New Study Reveals the Scale of Abuse on Twitter

Dec 18, 2018, 11:34 AM
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Amnesty International has released a study detailing the scale of threats made against women on Twitter, calling the social media platform "a toxic place" in what it claims is the "world's biggest dataset of online abuse targeting women."

In partnership with Element AI, an artificial intelligence software company, a so-called "Troll Patrol" group of 6,500 volunteers from more than 150 countries helped analyze millions of tweets for Amnesty's large-scale survey, released Tuesday.

Amnesty International has released a study detailing the scale of threats made against women on Twitter, calling the social media platform "a toxic place" in what it claims is the "world's biggest dataset of online abuse targeting women." In partnership with Element AI, an artificial intelligence software company, a so-called "Troll Patrol" group of 6,500 volunteers from more than 150 countries helped analyze millions of tweets for Amnesty's large-scale survey, released Tuesday.