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Environmental defenders facing violent attacks as social media platforms fail to act - Index on Censorship

A new survey of more than 200 environmental defenders from around the world show they are facing increasing online threats of death, sexual violence, doxxing (publishing private or identifying information about an individual online) and other cyberattacks because of their work. Worryingly, the activists say that online platforms are not doing enough to address these threats and the abuse and harassment is increasingly translating into real-world…
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Index on Censorship broke the news in on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.
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