"According to monitoring of gender violence against journalists, carried out by the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji, by its Portuguese acronym), 85 (71.4%) of the 119 attacks recorded in 2021 had their origin or some repercussion in the digital environment. The numbers reveal an additional difficulty that social media and the digital environment pose for women journalists, LGBTQIA+ press professionals and media committed to feminist agendas. These groups are often targets of offenses, threats, disinformation or harassment campaigns, hacking and other forms of restriction on the internet."
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