Workers around the world pay attention to these harassment on meta platforms. More than 90 % of the surveys surveyed by the Global Witness, a non -profit organization that also tracks the killing of environmental advocacy, reported some kind of online abuse or harassment associated with their work. Facebook was the most referring platform, followed by X, WhatsApp, and Instagram.
Global witnesses and many of his survey workers have demanded Meta and his colleagues to work more to harass their platforms and deal with false information. Except for Felis, they fear online attacks can lead to real -world risks for workers. About 75 % of the survey said they believe the online abuse online is compatible with offline loss.
“These figures really stayed with me. They said,” They were more than we expected. ” “ Stuffy. Earlier, despite the hope of sad results based on the story accounts. “It has been known for a long time that the online experience of climate workers and environmental guards is terrifying,” says Lee.
To leave a fester, they are concerned that online attacks may give rise to real -world risks
The World Witness surveyed more than 200 people between November 2024 and March this year that it was able to reach the same networks’ tape when document the killings of land and environmental guards. It found a Meta -owned platform “the most toxic”. About 62 % of the participants said they suffered abuse on Facebook, 36 % on WhatsApp, and 26 % on Instagram.
This probably shows how famous the meta platforms are worldwide. Facebook has more than 3 billion active monthly users, which are more than one -third of the global population. But Meta also abandoned her third party’s facts program in January, about which critics warned that it could lead to hate speech and dislike. Like Meta X, the crowded source approach for moderation of content, where 37 % of the survey participants reported abuse.
In May, Meta reported “slightly increasing the spread of bullying and harassment material on Facebook, as well as” slightly increasing the spread of violent and graphic material during the first quarter of 2025. “
“This is also irony,” says Hannah Sharp, a senior world witness campaign, which is moving towards a model of such free speech, which we are actually seeing that it is silenced some voices. “
Futherisia is leading the local women’s collective in the Indonesian city of Solovisi, where they say Palm Oil companies have seized farmers’ lands and that local villagers of a stream of polluted rivers were able to rely on drinking water. He said Facebook has accused him of being a Communist, he is a dangerous charge in his country Stuffy.
The practice of “red tagging”-labeling any disagreement has been used to target workers in East Asia and make them guilty. In a high -level case, a famous environmentalist in Indonesia was jailed under “communism” laws after opposing a new gold mine.
Ain says he has asked Facebook to remove several posts that attack it, without success. Ain says, “He said that this is not dangerous, so he can’t take it down. It is dangerous. I hope that Meta will understand in Indonesia, it is dangerous.”
Other positions have been alleged to have been trying to deceive the farmers and have a relationship with a married man, whom he sees as an attempt to discredit him, which can pose a more dangerous risk in the real world – which is already suffering from his activity. “Women who are protecting my own community are weaker than men … Most people harass you with a lot of things.”
Almost two -thirds of the two -thirds who responded to the World Witness Survey said they were concerned about their safety, including. She says she has been physically targeted for protests against Palm Oil companies. Stuffy. She says that while protesting outside the government office, men grabbed her butt and chest. Now, when she guides the protest, older female workers surround her as a protective move.
In the World Witness Survey, about a quarter of the respondents said they were attacked on the basis of their gender. “There is such evidence of color women and women in politics, especially in politics, that there is only much hatred than any other group,” says Lee. “Once again, when we talk about guards … and the dangers of sexual violence, and many of these guards see the effects of the mental health and their ability to feel their ability.”
“We encourage us to use the tools available on our platform to help prevent people from bullying and harassment,” Meta spokesman Trace Clayton said in an email. StuffyHe added that the company is reviewing Facebook posts that have targeted AIN. Meta also pointed to her “invisible words” feature that allows you to filter off aggressive messages and comments on your posts and its “limits” feature that hides comments on your posts by users who do not follow.
Other companies mentioned in this report, including Google, T -Taktok, and X, did not provide records to records for inquiries. Stuffy. Nor does the Palm Oil Company Ain says that local farmers are working on land without paying them, as they have to do under the mandatory scheme that participates in profit.
The global witness says social media companies can take concrete steps to harass their platforms. This includes dedicating more resources to their content moderation, regular evaluation of these systems, and inviting public input to this process. The survey workers have also reported that they think the algorithm who promotes polarizing material and the spread of boats on the platform worsens the problem.
“There are numerous elections to platform.” Resources are a choice, and they can make more money in the moderate of really good content and truly good trust and safety (steps), Lee says.
The World Witness plans to submit its next report on the killing of land and environmental guards in September. The last report states that at least 196 people were killed in 2023.
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