Defense Against The Digital Dark Arts: Navigating Online Spaces as a Journalist and Communicator
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Orientation and overview of free speech, freedom of expression and free press issues in the United States and the tactics to navigate online spaces as a journalist and communicator.
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Defense Against The Digital Dark Arts: Navigating Online Spaces as a Journalist and Communicator
- 1. TRIGGER WARNING: Explicit sexual & racial language may be displayed and discussed.
- 2. About Me | Dr. Michelle Ferrier * Dean, School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, FAMU Twitter: @mediaghosts * Ph.D.Texts &Technology * Founder,TrollBusters.com * Project Director: Media Seeds Project * Chief Investigator: The Media Deserts Project * Mother of Google Maps
- 4. • Founder, SpotHate.com • Founder,TrollBusters.com • Author: “The Progression of Hate,” Attacks on the Press 2016 Edition, chapter on journalists in Mediating Misogyny: Gender,Technology & Harassment. • Testified before the United Nations, the European Commission, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and journalism professional organizations. Why I DoWhat I Do: 10+Years on theCyber Front
- 6. Objectives of the workshop – To illuminate the digital environment and its dangers – To understand how journalists and the news enterprise are affected by online harassment – To discuss specific tactics to preserving your digital identity and reputation online and off
- 7. Why I do what I do
- 9. My Last Column, January 2008 “We all have different stories, but as I’ve shared through this column for six years, we all have common hopes, dreams, struggles, and triumphs whether we are black, white, Asian, Hispanic, male, female, Muslim, Christian or whatever. Chasing Rainbows has been about bridging what might be perceived as difference, to honor our shared experiences.” --My last column for the Daytona Beach News-Journal on the inauguration of President Barack Obama in 2009
- 13. Hate Mail “HOW DOYOU GET A NIGGER OUT OF ATREE? CUTTHE ROPE!!” “…SPEAR CHUCKING FUCKING NIGGER…” “BEFORETHISWORLD ENDS,THEREWILL BE A RACEWAR…” “ALLYOU PEOPLE DO IS CRY BITCH WINE (SIC), BITCH.” “HAVEYOU PLAYEDTHE RACE CARD MICHELLETHISWEEK?”
- 14. Southern Poverty Law Center 2018 Hate Map
- 18. POLL:Who’s in the room? –How many of you use separate social profiles for professional and personal use? –How many of you use your real names on these profiles?
- 20. What is online harassment? –Online harassment is defined as an intentional and overt act of aggression toward another person online, which involves making rude or nasty comments towards someone, or intentionally embarrassing another user in retaliation for a perceived wrong (Ybarra & Mitchell, 2004).
- 21. What is online harassment? –What is the line between free speech, freedom of expression and the free press? –When does free speech become hate speech? –When does hate speech become cyberstalking or online harassment?
- 22. Cyberstalking laws in theUnitedStates
- 24. –What does online harassment look like?
- 26. Southern Poverty Law Center: https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map
- 29. Here in Florida, Capitalizing onTragedy
- 30. Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Map 2018
- 31. • Rape threats • Death threats • Doxxing • DDOS attacks • Hashtag bombing Journalists Are Under Attack
- 32. Journalists Are Under Attack
- 33. Smart mobs and digital wildfire #GamerGate and other organized smart mobs use Reddit, 4Chan, Gab, Facebook and other social tools to mount coordinated, swift and persistent attacks on journalists, hashtags and issues.
- 34. REPORT/ BLOCKUSED AGAINSTUS Harassers use the same tools designed to protect users from offensive content.
- 35. LeslieJones • Doxxed: Personal information released online • Hacked her cloud photos • Hacked her website • Posted nude images on her website. #loveforLeslieJ
- 36. • Stalking • Gender-Based Bullying • Impersonation • Nonconsensual Pornography • Grooming/Preda tion • Mob Attacks • Rape and Death Threats • Doxxing/Swattin g THREATS AND IMPACT Credit:Women’s Media Center
- 37. WhatWe Offer – Just-in-Time Rescue: Countering cyberattacks in real-time with online support and coaching. – Support: Referral to technical, legal and psychological services; resources for publishers under denial of service attacks. – Research & Consulting:Workflow analysis and risk assessments
- 38. Our Digital Hygiene Course offers 5-10 minute preventative measures to minimize online harm. bit.ly/digitalhygiene
- 39. Pilot 100: Launched September 1, 2016 – Social media monitoring and intervention. – Digital forensics to identify accounts and provide evidence for law enforcement.
- 43. 2018 Survey Methodology § Survey conducted January to March 2018 § Survey distributed via social media links and through membership lists § 701 media professionals (both working or residing in the U.S. or abroad) completed the online survey, 597 respondents identified as women and 93 as men.
- 44. Topline Results: EscalatingThreats 9 in 10 said that, in the last five years, online threats or harassment occur more often, while 8 in 10 feel this way about online attacks and two-thirds about physical attacks.
- 45. Topline Results: EscalatingThreats • 63 percent indicated they had been threatened or harassed online • 58 percent indicated they had been threatened or harassed in person • 26 percent indicated they had been physically attacked • One in 10 respondents has experienced a death threat in the past year.
- 46. Topline Results: Contributing Factors
- 47. Effects on Journalists – Emotional – Stressful – Ongoing – Anonymous – Online & offline activity – Based on identity, then content – 24/7 always on exposure – Unclear about how to respond – Disregarded by management – Feeling abandoned by management and at risk as professional and personal lives blend.
- 48. Effects on Journalists INDIVIDUAL –The journalist may engage in self censorship. Journalists may avoid online contact, reduce the media content they create, and share and withdraw from reporting, social media, and other job-related activities.
- 49. Effects on News Enterprise NEWS ENTERPRISE –The chilling effect on journalistic lines of inquiry can lead to the silencing of diverse voices in the media, the technological takedown of a media site, or the abandonment of a line of investigative inquiry.
- 50. Tactics to reduce risk and damage
- 52. • Stalking • Gender-Based Bullying • Impersonation • Nonconsensual Pornography • Grooming/ Predation • Mob Attacks • Rape and Death Threats • Doxxing/Swatting THREATS AND IMPACT Credit:Women’s Media Center
- 53. Digital Hygiene Course – Digital Hygiene Course: https://yoursosteam. wordpress.com – Search Spokeo.com or BeenVerified.com. – Search using misspellings and partners. – Use opt-out processes to remove your information. – Check often! Data reappears. Digital Hygiene Course: https://www.yoursosteam.wordpress.com
- 54. Digital Hygiene Course – Pay the $10/year to add privacy protection. – Think about the information that is public record: Voting and property ownership. Consider shell companies or putting property in a partner’s name. Digital Hygiene Course: https://www.yoursosteam.wordpress.com
- 55. Digital Hygiene Course – Check out LastPass and other password managers to create one place for passwords. – Use a strong passphrase on your primary recovery account. Digital Hygiene Course: https://www.yoursosteam.wordpress.com
- 56. Digital Hygiene Course – How often DO you play those Buzzfeed quizzes? – Turn off access to your microphone on your phone and computer in privacy settings. – Cover your computer camera. Digital Hygiene Course: https://www.yoursosteam.wordpress.com
- 58. 10 Tips to Protect Yourself 1) Search your name in Google or other search browsers. See where you rank. See who else’s identity may pose trouble for you. Set up Google Alerts of mentions of your name as they occur. 2) Separate private and professional social accounts. 3) Use gender-neutral or pen names to build your reputation online. 4) Buy your own domain name around your identity. 5) Build your professional digital presence while still in college. 6) Join professional conversations and grow your professional network usingTwitter Lists, Facebook groups of colleagues and allies. 7) Learn digital hygiene tips for protecting accounts, passwords. 8) Opt-out of third-party aggregators like Spokeo to erase location and identity data. 9) Don’t disclose your physical location using check-ins, geotags and other visual cues. 10) Report #onlineabuse to media advisors, media management, andTroll- Busters.com
- 59. For additional information: Dr. Michelle Ferrier, Founder Digital Hygiene Course: yoursosteam.wordpress.com Infographic (Larger): yoursosteam.wordpress.com Report: www.troll-busters.com @yoursosteam join@troll-busters.com © 2019 All Rights Reserved