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Ashley Judd’s (actor, activist) powerful TED Talk about online hate speech, sexual harassment and threats of violence against women and marginalized groups. Ms. Judd believes it’s time to take the global crisis of online abuse seriously and I agree. In this searching, powerful talk, Ms. Judd recounts her ongoing experience of being terrorized on social media for her unwavering activism and calls on citizens of the internet, the tech community, law enforcement and legislators to recognize the offline harm of online harassment. [Note: explicit language depicts actual harassment experienced by not only Ms. Judd, but millions of other online victims]
Related: My post titled, “How to Stop Internet Trolls”