Harassment is a structural condition rather than an aberration of social media

Evidence

It has become clear that harassment is not an aberration but a condition of social media. As Ellen Pao, uniquely familiar with this issue as the former CEO Reddit and a frequent target of harassment and abuse, put it, “The foundations of the Internet were laid on free expression, but the founders just did not understand how effective their creation would be for the coordination and amplification of harassing behavior. Or that the users who were the biggest bullies would be rewarded with attention for their behavior.” — Tarleton Gillespie, Custodians of the Internet, 183

Categorization

• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
• XREF: connects to: Media denial and anonymity precede and enable physical violence against Muslims — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1214; 76 percent of women under thirty have experienced online abuse or harassment — Brooke Erin Duffy, (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love:…, 349

Broader Connections

• Media denial and anonymity precede and enable physical violence against Muslims #exemplifies (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1214