The Web We Want
the problem
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As part of a series into the rising global phenomenon of online harassment, the Guardian commissioned research into the 70m comments left on its site since 2006 and discovered that of the 10 most abused writers eight are women, and the two men are black
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They face harassment including death threats and racist abuse. Why are social media sites and police unable or unwilling to tackle the problem?
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Facebook, Google and Twitter are working with women’s groups to challenge hate speech – but critics attack secrecy over scale of problem
the solution
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As part of our The web we want series, we’re thinking about the future of our own commenting spaces
latest
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Coming up, Jessica Valenti’s What would a feminist do? podcast tackles the buying, selling and branding of feminism. How has the movement changed?
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Former culture secretary Maria Miller says companies should face levy if they fail to do more to tackle online abuse
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Analysis of abuse of politicians in the US, UK and Australia sheds light on a problem often dismissed as par for the course
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Beeban Kidron says technology companies cannot continue prioritising freedom of expression over safeguarding young people
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Women in the public eye, especially politicians, are used to brushing off threats of death, rape and horrendous comments about their appearance – will Jo Cox’s murder be the wake-up call we need to finally clean up the web?
Deference in public life had to go. But courtesy is indispensable