Kamala Harris in Miami, June 27, 2019 -
Larry Marano
Racism, misogyny, insults, harassment, disinformation… The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, is one of the personalities most attacked on social networks, reveals the
Los Angeles Times
.
As early as March 2020, when Joe Biden publicly announced that he had chosen Kamala Harris as vice-president, Democratic MP Jackie Speier warned about the risks of cyberbullying: “Women politicians are the target of the worst online attacks and Facebook filters are unable to stop them, ”write our American colleagues.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar, also targeted
And for good reason: during the American presidential campaign, Kamala Harris was attacked four times more than his opponents vying for the same position.
According to a study by researcher Nina Jankowicz, who analyzed more than 300,000 messages attacking 13 politicians in four English-speaking countries, the new vice-president was targeted by 78% of attacks.
Just behind, there are other women of color, the deputies Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar.
“Attacks on women are very personalized, they relate to their appearance and denigrate their intelligence.
They often suggest that these women should leave politics and that they have no place in the public sphere, ”explained Cécile Guérin, researcher, in London, at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, to our colleagues from the
Los Angeles Times
.
According to her, female American politicians are two to three times more victims of online attacks than men.
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