Some of the attacks consist of one-off social media messages, while others are “coordinated smear campaigns.'
More than 60 per cent of journalists surveyed as part of a new research project reported at least monthly attacks on their personal reputations.conducted the survey to investigate the effects of disinformation and harassment targeting journalists.were released to mark May 3, World Press Freedom Day, and full details of the report were made available this week.
Similarly, false or misleading accusations of political bias were the most commonly reported form of personal reputational attacks , followed by claims of incompetence or unethical conduct . In Nigeria, the Press Attack Tracker, a platform that tracks attacks on journalists, reported that at least 179 cases of attacks on journalists were recorded in the last four years. State actors account for half of the attacks, while non-state actors account for 36.4 per cent and unknown persons for 13.6 per cent.
“Journalists who faced frequent reputational attacks were more likely to have experienced harm to their mental and physical health, to have seriously considered quitting journalism, and to have relocated from their city or country to avoid or mitigate threats. They were also more likely to face legal repression, that is, be targeted with arrest or legal actions because of their work,” the report said.
In addition, journalists who belong to marginalised racial, ethnic, or religious groups in their countries reported more frequent reputational attacks. At least 48 per cent of these respondents experienced weekly reputational attacks, and 23 per cent faced weekly attacks targeting their identity.
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