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File on 4: Me and my Trolls

Me and my Trolls

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Journalist Sali Hughes goes on a personal journey to discover what motivates online trolls

Journalist Sali Hughes who has been a target of internet trolls investigates the motivation behind their often anonymous online attacks and the damaging impact on their victims.

During the pandemic, more and more of our lives have been lived online. But that has also led to a sharp rise in the number of people being targeted by internet trolls. According to one survey, nearly half of women and non binary people reported experiencing online abuse since the beginning of COVID-19 and a third said it had got worse since the pandemic. 
So who are the people behind these often anonymous attacks?  Journalist Sali Hughes has been a target of trolls herself. She sets out to find what motivates them and how they justify their actions. She speaks to other women who have been targeted and hears about the devastating impact it can have on people’s lives. With a proposed online harms bill not now due until next year, she investigates what social media and other platforms are doing to tackle the issue and what individuals can do to try to stop the abuse

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