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Reporting, Reviewing, and Responding to Harassment on Twitter: A new report by the nonprofit Women, Action and Media (WAM!), which was granted authorization by Twitter to receive and assess reports of harassment on the platform, escalating the most serious ones to Twitter.
21
Days that WAM! reviewed reports of harassment on Twitter
27
Percent of harassment reports focused on
hate speech
12
Percent of harassment reports focused on threats of violence
12
Percent of the alleged harassing accounts could be linked to GamerGate
29
Percent of reports said harassment had been ongoing for at least three weeks
67
Percent of submitters claimed they had notified Twitter at least once previously
43
Percent of reports were escalated to Twitter’s abuse reporting system
55
Percent of escalated reports that Twitter took action on by deleting, suspending, or warning the harassing account
79
Percent of Twitter’s leadership that is male
as of 2014
72
Percent of Twitter’s leadership that is white
as of 2014. WAM! recommends that Twitter improves its leadership diversity
