Jenna Wortham Quotes

Twitter has made some improvements on the site and it's important that you can report people - but when you are getting the level of abuse I was, it's an onerous task reporting each and every person.

Online bullying has to stop.

There's a lot of talk about people being abused on Twitter, women being savagely insulted and degraded. I think, 'Why get into that in the first place?' If I jump into a garbage bin, I can't complain that I've got rubbish all over me.

Online abuse has been a problem since the earliest days of the web.

I have countless fake accounts on social media sending me hate and it's hard to discern how many people are actually involved.

A big barrier to people getting help with online harassment is the general attitude either that it's not a real issue - that it's 'only' online - or that it's limited to someone saying they don't like you, and all of that stems from a basic misunderstanding of what we mean when we say 'online harassment.'

Trolls and cyber bullies have been feeling too safe in the cyber world for too long.

There is no easy way to get around horrible people on the Internet, and it's either just leave it or don't and get sucked into the whirlwind of it all.

Frankly, I don't want to let trolls into my life.

Firing insults anonymously behind the keys of a message board, slandering other people's beliefs or opinions, this happens on a daily basis in my comment section or on my feed. Cyber-bullying and, further, online social ignorance, is a very real problem, typically without any real consequence.

Unfortunately, I have the equivalent of 7 PhDs in harassment on Twitter. As one of the primary targets of Gamergate, I've had hundreds and hundreds of threats to my life on Twitter's platform.

I feel everybody gets trolled. There is no one who hasn't got trolled on social media. I guess trolling has become norm of social media where people enjoy belittling everybody.

It's the Internet. I'm sure many people know that it's one of the toughest places to be if you're sensitive.

I want to use the best technology we have at our disposal to begin to take on trolling and other nefarious tactics that give hostile voices disproportionate weight. To do everything we can to level the playing field.

The real question is whether or not the communities that rule the Internet can make their spaces safer for users, especially women and minorities.

I think that social media has really empowered bullies because you get to do it from the comfort of your own home, completely anonymously, with no ramifications.

Online hate needs to be taken as seriously as offline hate - but it isn't.

I am being savagely bullied online.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of abuse and negativity online.

I hate online bullying. Those little comment boxes can brim with the most vicious, acidic, and pointless remarks.

There's nothing funnier than getting a death threat via MySpace. Why don't you just write it in a children's birthday card.

I think something will soon have to be done to protect people from hacking and blogging and lying and spreading rumors and chasing you down the street. Lives are wrecked that way.

I worry about my grandchildren because the Internet can be brutal.

Citizens continue to demand government help in fighting cybercrime, defending children from stalkers and bullies, and protecting consumers.

I was kind of loathe to go on social media. I find the trolling unacceptable, and I never wanted to look like I was someone who would accept that.