There is alarming evidence that online attacks on women journalists can lead to ‘real world’ violence.
![Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa speaks to the media after pleading not guilty to tax evasion charges, in Rappler's office in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines on July 22, 2020 [File: Reuters/Eloisa Lopez]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-07-22T040635Z_8313793_RC24YH9H3F6S_RTRMADP_3_PHILIPPINES-MEDIA.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Professor Jackie Harrison is Chair of the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield and UNESCO Chair on Media Freedom, Journalism Safety and the Issue of Impunity.
There is alarming evidence that online attacks on women journalists can lead to ‘real world’ violence.
![Rappler CEO and Executive Editor Maria Ressa speaks to the media after pleading not guilty to tax evasion charges, in Rappler's office in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines on July 22, 2020 [File: Reuters/Eloisa Lopez]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-07-22T040635Z_8313793_RC24YH9H3F6S_RTRMADP_3_PHILIPPINES-MEDIA.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)