Online Misogyny
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Threats of rape, murder and deepfake porn used against women who challenged abusive video games
ABC News covers the launch of a report written by OHPI in conjunction with women’s rights group Collective Shout detailing the threats of violence received after a campaign to remove games depicting violence against women from online sale platforms. “The women detailed the abuse they received in a report released on Wednesday, while the Online…
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High profile women threatened by online abuse
ABC Radio program PM discussed the abuse of women online, opening with the launch of the OHPI report into the abuse suffered by members of the women’s right group Collective Shout after they campaigned to ban the sales of games featuring violence against women. Listen to the program here. (4m20s) Read the OHPI report, “Technology…
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New report warns authorities not equipped to deal with coordinated online hate
The Institute of Community Directors Australia covers the launch of a report on the hate campaign against Collective Shout, after they had games featuring violence against women removed from online gaming platforms. “The report, from the Online Hate Prevention Institute, details a year-long campaign of hate against Collective Shout, an all-female organisation that challenges the…
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Technology Facilitated Violence Against Women
Documentation and analysis of online abuse targeting Collective Shout This report examines the sustained campaign of hostility, harassment and harm directed at Collective Shout during 2025-26 following its advocacy to remove video games depicting rape, incest, sexual torture and child sexual abuse material from the digital distribution platforms Steam and Itch.io. The investigation finds that…
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Online Anti-Abortion Discourse: An Analysis of Digital Misogyny
The 2022 reversal of Roe v. Wade marked a pivotal moment in the global conversation on abortion rights. In the aftermath, online forums such as Reddit became increasingly active sites for ideological expression, polarisation, and the reproduction of extremist views. The Reddit threads analysed for this briefing became viral touchpoints for extreme anti-abortion sentiment, with…
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Misogynistic Dating Gurus on Social Media
Accounts dedicated to giving dating advice to young men are common on social media. These accounts range from well-intentioned to deliberately provocative, and often function as advertisements for expensive courses that promise to dramatically improve men’s success with women. Many of these accounts are misogynistic. It is hard to claim that the same dating tricks…
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Misogyny towards Kamala Harris on Social Media
In this briefing, we cover misogyny directed at Kamala Harris and deconstruct some common misogynistic tropes used against her.
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Widespread and normalised misogyny on social media
In this briefing we explore some of the themes that we have seen in misogynistic discourse online.
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Trolling: the Modern-Day Coliseum
Aren’t you told you deserve to be urinated on and sexually abused every morning with your double-shot latte? If feminist writers such as Jezebel’s Lindy West are to be believed, trolling has become a “common part” of journalism practice and a frequently overlooked workplace issue. Trolling has cemented itself as an integral part of the…
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Youtube Misogyny
YouTube is an immense social media platform. With millions of videos shared daily, from a variety of perspectives, there is bound to be all sorts of commentary. While YouTube took big steps in the past to limit the exposure of hate speech in videos, there are a rise in the number of comments with misogynistic…