Trying to Swim in a Sea of Social Media Invective

http://socialnetworkingnews.org/trying-to-swim-in-a-sea-of-social-media-invective/

Over the last few months, I’ve watched friends and colleagues endure endless harassment on Twitter. Strangers have hurled offensive, racist names and gendered insults, relentlessly and with little fear of consequence. I’ve come across blog posts that capture similarly awful experiences.

In one, Imani Gandy, a lawyer and legal analyst, describes the harassment she receives on Twitter this way: “The hate-filled invective spewed by the dregs of society awaits you in your notifications.

Source: bits.blogs.nytimes.com

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