Qatar Foundation Warns on Digital Violence Risks
The article discusses the phenomenon of digital violence and its increasing impact on press freedom. Online smear campaigns, threats, and harassment lead journalists—both male and female—to practice self-censorship and restrict content production. United Nations reports have shown that the percentage of female journalists who engaged in self-censorship on social media rose from 30% in 2020 to 45% in 2025, with the use of legal measures to address digital violations increasing to 22%—up from 8% five years earlier. Media outlets face legal, political, social, and digital pressures that influence independent reporting and reduce coverage of critical issues such as corruption and human rights abuses. This threatens freedom of expression and causes its decline worldwide, with the freedom of expression index dropping by 10% since 2012, while self-censorship has increased by 63%.
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