We stand with @penamerica and the Coalition Against Online Violence (CAOV) in the #ElectSafely campaign. This year, 64 countries will hold elections, impacting nearly half of the world’s population. During these crucial times, journalists face escalating online abuse, threats, and violence. #ElectSafely highlights the critical work of CAOV’s 85+ member organizations, offering research, training, emergency funding, legal aid, peer support, and more to protect and support journalists. Join us in supporting this vital effort to ensure journalists can cover elections safely and without fear. Find more resources for journalists at hateandhope.righttobe.org. Learn more about the initiative at: https://lnkd.in/gXxp6vYn. #JournalismMatters #PressFreedom #RightToBe #OnlineSafety #SupportJournalists
64 countries will hold elections this year – representing nearly half of the world’s population. Globally, especially during elections, journalists are increasingly facing growing online abuse, hate, threats of violence, and other forms of intimidation. In response to these unprecedented risks, the Coalition Against Online Violence (CAOV) is launching #ElectSafely, a campaign highlighting member organizations’ critical efforts to protect, support and defend journalists under attack online. Among the Coalition’s 85+ members, our work on covering elections safely includes research, training, emergency funding, legal aid, peer support and more. Learn more about this initiative at: https://lnkd.in/gXxp6vYn.