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Female Bloggers Getting Harassed

More than 10 years ago, I was involved in a somewhat high profile case of online sexual harassment that garnered me an interview in USA Today. I ended up writing about the topic as a contributor to a book called Wired Women: Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace.

At the time, women were only 10% of Internet users. We thought, perhaps, that if more women were online, the "boys club" atmosphere of the Internet would die down.

So it is with some disappointment that I read the following story. It’s an old story, actually…and now it’s about female bloggers. Sadly, some things don’t change…

Female Bloggers Face Threats: What Can Be Done?

2 responses to “Female Bloggers Getting Harassed”

  1. I went through the article “Female Bloggers Face Threats: What Can Be Done?”. It is so shocking. They are basically cyber criminals. The suffers should immediately consult the cyber crime concerned person.

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    Carmelo Lisciotto

    Not just women being harrassed on blogs…
    Carmelo Lisciotto

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