Youth activists from Australia, Indonesia and Vietnam are calling on governments and social media companies to provide better digital literacy education and safer online spaces for all young people.
The campaign is designed to put a stop to the online harassment experienced by young people, especially girls and gender-diverse people, who are more likely to be physically threatened, racially abused, sexually harassed and body shamed when they share opinions online.
Coordinated by Plan International Australia, youth activists have released a report called The Future Online, uncovering how active bystander intervention, and improved access to digital literacy education can help fight the increasing levels of gender-based violence and harassment experienced by young people on the internet.
18-year-old Olivia, a co-author of the report, said online harassment is having a severe impact on young people internationally.
“In a space that should be safe and used for education and communication, severe acts of violence from trolling, to cyberstalking, to sexual exploitation are occurring and are having a destructive impact on young people all across the world,” Olivia said.
“The concept of bystander intervention is as simple as people helping people. An active bystander acts against online abuse when they witness it.
“This report was created with the goal of increasing active bystanders to combat the toxic surge of online violence, and work toward a safer and more inclusive online...
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