75% of female journalists experienced online violence in 2025.
The National Union of Journalists is calling on authorities and tech companies to address the growing harassment of journalists.
By late 2025, 32 confidential reports of abuse had been filed by 26 freelance and staff journalists across the UK and Ireland.
In 2025, UNESCO found that 75% of women journalists encountered online violence as part of their professional duties.
Assistant General Secretary of the NUJ, Ferbane's Séamus Dooley says the attacks on journalists is an attack on democracy:
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