Digital Misogyny: The Rise of Online Harassment Against Women
Digital Misogyny: The Rise of Online Harassment Against Women The other day, a female best friend shared this with me. One weekend, while scrolling Instagram, she received a ‘hi’ text from an unknown Instagram user. A video link was attached to it. It was a girl’s indulgence in obscene activities with a man in the video. Upon looking closely, she noticed that the face of the girl in the video resembled hers. As soon as she was about to block the user, she received the same video over her WhatsApp as well, from another number this time. She now got a call saying this is the Police Head from so & so state & she was under ‘ digital arrest ’ under an extensive adult scandal. Your local police will be informed, & they will be there to get hold of her any minute. She panicked due to the resemblance in the facial expressions but knew it was a fraud caller. She fell prey to the user’s intentions & ended up paying substantial amounts of money to him online to avoid any fur...