@onlinesosorg

Nonprofit providing resources to people experiencing online abuse

 USA
onlinesos.org
Joined July 2016
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Couldn't be prouder, more honored, or delighted that our trailblazing partner, Liz Lee, has entrusted us @PENamerica with the future of @onlinesosorg, the nonprofit she built to help people harassed online at a time when few others were taking the issue seriously. Thank you, Liz!
PEN America@PENamerica18 Jul 2025
🧵PEN America is excited to announce the acquisition of @onlinesosorg's name, website, and digital safety tools, an important advancement in our ongoing work to protect the free expression of writers, journalists, scholars, and librarians harassed online.
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Great to share that two nonprofits I’ve supported are joining forces: @PENAmerica will integrate @onlinesosorg’s name, website, and digital safety tools into its online abuse defense programming—expanding access to critical resources. Read more: pen.org/press-release/pen-am…

PEN America Acquires OnlineSOS, Expanding Commitment to Digital Safety and Free Expression

PEN America acquires assets of OnlineSOS a pioneering nonprofit dedicated to supporting people who are harassed online.

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(2/3) @onlinesosorg has been a pioneering force in digital safety, providing trauma-informed guidance and support for those facing online harassment since 2016.
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🧵PEN America is excited to announce the acquisition of @onlinesosorg's name, website, and digital safety tools, an important advancement in our ongoing work to protect the free expression of writers, journalists, scholars, and librarians harassed online.
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📢 Mark your calendars for June 8! Join us in our powerful @rightscon online session "Take a deep breath: strategies to support the mental health of journalists under online" in partnership with @onlinesosorg, @AnaZellhuber, and @VitaActivaOrg ⏰12:45PM CST | 2:45PM ET
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Who had the end of Twitter on their 2022 bingo card? We sure didn't, but here are our thoughts on how to stay safer on Twitter whether or not the site sticks around. tallpoppy.com/blog/much-ado-…
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We are proud to share that Liz Lee (@Wanderwonderful) has joined the #BeKindTechFund as an advisor! 🌟 Liz is a tech investor, social entrepreneur and digital safety advocate. We are excited to join forces to tackle online harassment & abuse! More here: bit.ly/3BhPxsL
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ICYMI: New venture fund investing in startups tackling harm reduction in tech, incl. online harassment! 👇🏼👇🏼
Be Kind Tech Fund@BeKindTechFund24 May 2022
The #BeKindTechFund invests in startups mitigating the negative effects of technology. We’re looking for the optimists, the futurists, the builders. Are you an entrepreneur tackling issues such as AI bias and online harassment? If so, apply at bekindtechfund.com ✨
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This detailed NYT story by @Kellen_Browning and @kashhill lays out the ways online harassment directed at streamers and content creators can escalate to stalking and violent threats. Some thoughts, from our years of working with creative folks facing severe online threats 🧵
Kellen Browning@Kellen_Browning29 Jul 2022
Famous Twitch stars like @Amouranth, @brookeab and @dizzykitten7 have dream jobs, making money streaming video games. But it comes at a price: endless harassment and obsessed fans who stalk them. “They feel like they know you.” New story w/@kashhill: nytimes.com/2022/07/29/busin…

How Streaming Stars Pay the Price of Online Fame (Published 2022)

Stars on Twitch, the video game streaming platform, invite viewers into their homes virtually. What happens when one shows up in person?

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We made the ultimate hate raid mitigation guide! Please share! ✅How to prepare for a Hate Raid ✅How to Stop a Hate Raid ✅What to do After ✅Mental Health Support & Community Tools ➡️Check out the comprehensive guide here: gameshotline.org/hateraids
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It is alarming how #WomenInTech and #WomenofColor are subject of harassment due to caste. We stand with @EqualityLabs' Thenmozhi Soundararajan and Tanuja Gupta and demand accountability from #Google to address Caste Discrimination. Our full statement⬇️ onlineviolenceresponsehub.or…
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UPDATE: @aajasf Hella Asian is SOLD OUT!!! How is that for a comeback?!? So proud of my fellow board members @khwangreports @SFMarMendoza @sonipaul @HarryMok @JanelleBitker and our fearless president @CeeLei 🙌
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We know Sonia’s story is going to kick us in the feels 👊 She has led the nation in reporting on caste-based discrimination in tech. Don’t miss your chance to hear her live on stage! 🤩
Sonia Paul@sonipaul27 Jun 2022
Interrupting your news stream to remind you that HELLA ASIAN, sponsored by @aajasf and @kqed, is this Thursday! It's not too late to get your tickets. I'm excited and also nervous to be one of the speakers, so if you come, please say hi. :) kqed.org/event/1839
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⭕️ Toxic trolls 🤳 Shocking smear campaigns 💻 Dangerous 'doxxing' 🚨 Cases of online abuse against journalists are soaring – harming their mental health and forcing some to leave their jobs. Could this new AI-powered tool help reporters? Here's how TRFilter works. 🧵
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Today @TRF is launching TRFilter, an online harassment manager for journalists developed with @Jigsaw. TRFilter is a free web app that syncs with the user’s @Twitter account, flagging harmful comments 👉Sign up here trfilter.org/ 🧵Here's a thread on what it does
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I wasn't going to talk about this publicly, but I've decided silence doesn't benefit me here anymore. A thing I don't see talked about on here is, frankly, how dangerous being an author/any kind of entertainer can be. 1/ 🧵
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When your notifications are filled with hate speech, how do you protect your mental health? Join @Aliceinalbania, @AmberRShamsi ,@NidaTareen, @natashafatah, @YumnaFawaz @ZoyaAnwerNaqvi as they discuss "Mental Health in the age of trolling." Set a reminder: xitter.cf/i/spaces/1jMKgevEvdmJL
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An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure: some notes from Tall Poppy's @VictoriaIRL on digital safety for healthcare workers: tallpoppy.com/blog/digital-s…
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Follow the upcoming sessions of the @journalismfest #IJF22 on online harassment and mental health in this list provided by @Wanderwonderful of @onlinesosorg, a @TheCAOV member! ➡️➡️bit.ly/IJF22selectsessions
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How can newsrooms protect their journalists from online abuse? 🤬 This is the question at the heart of this new paper by our Journalist Fellow @gideonsarpong. It includes a 5-point plan to deal with this threat facing journalism in Africa and beyond reutersinstitute.politics.ox…

Keeping journalists safe online: a guide for newsrooms

A paper by our Journalist Fellow Gideon Sarpong.

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