Getting Better - Talking around Trolls

Deboning Power - Critical analysis by Dr Angela Williams

English - December 23, 2020 05:00 - 20 minutes - 14.1 MB
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Today we are talking about Trolls to help everyone skill up for an online Xmas. The right-wing cheer squad are out in force and they’re gonna be fishing for reactions while sinking down the holiday booze, so best we have a plan.

This episode looks at how women are becoming more active as professional troll herders, aka social media community managers, and how this comes out of grass roots efforts by women to combat online bullying.

A huge shoutout to Magda Szubanski for her courage and real actual resilience in her battles with trolls earlier this year.

Women need to work together to stay safe in every space, including online.

Articles read today were:

Open Democracy, ‘Tackling the trolls: how women are fighting back against online bullies’;

Forbes, 10 Tips to Dealing With Trolls;

ABC, How community management and policing internet trolls became women's work’;

ABC, Extremists targeted Magda Szubanski with a trolling campaign after her Sharon Strzelecki COVID-19 ad;

ABC, Ignore or respond? How to deal with online trolls

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