As a law student, Brittan Heller was the target of a campaign of online harassment that created enormous stress for her personal and professional lives, led her to fear for her safety, and ultimately ...

Some 41% of U.S. adults have been harassed online in at least one of six ways covered in a Pew Research Center survey conducted in September 2020. Those who have been subjected to these experiences ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — It should have been a time of celebration: Brittan Heller would soon graduate from college and head to one of the nation’s top law programs. But when a classmate with unrequited ...

The digital world reinforces some of the gender inequalities. The UN Women reports that “a large gender gap continues in technology and innovation, despite recent improvements. Women and girls are ...

“I could sort of feel myself hanging by a thread,” said R.J. Aguiar, a 33-year-old video producer and content creator from Los Angeles. He was describing the psychological symptoms he experienced ...

Political differences are a driving force behind online harassment, as a new study from Pew Research Center found that 41% of U.S. adults have personally experienced some form of online harassment, ...

Today, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a Fundamental Rights and Rule of Law (FRRL) Group hearing ...

Workplace sexual harassment can follow employees home due to an "always-on" culture and increased ways to contact coworkers after-hours. Online sexual harassment can be especially difficult to cope ...

The case stemmed from a private Facebook Messenger notification sent to Kentucky State Police Trooper Shane Jacobs from ...

Jukka Salovaara is Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations. He served as Chair of the Executive Board of UN-Women in 2020 and is currently a member of the Advisory Board on Gender ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a freelance technology reporter and editor. 2020 felt like a particularly contentious year. That is especially true online, ...