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# Abusive Instagram, TikTok hashtags target women in politics: study
- URL: https://werd.io/abusive-instagram-tiktok-hashtags-target-women-in-politics-study/
- Published: 2022-12-09T17:49:16.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-09T17:49:16.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:22

““There have been lots of commitments to helping protect women online during elections and at critical times,” Simmons said. “But what we found is that platforms are really falling short of enforcing their own terms of service.” One major revelation from their study was that platforms recommended abusive hashtags referencing women officials even with very few posts — sometimes fewer than 10 or 15 — associated with those hashtags.” [#Technology](https://werd.io/tag/Technology)

\[[Link](https://19thnews.org/2022/12/instagram-tiktok-abuse-women-candidates-study/)\]