New research held by Plan International finds that more than half of the 14,000 girls and young women interviewed, aged 15-25 across 22 countries, have experienced abuse online. This online violence includes harassment involving explicit messages or photos, cyberstalking, insulting language, and other forms of violence.
In the survey, 20% of the respondents had left social media, and 12% had changed the way they used it after being attacked on the internet. These traumatized girls are being silenced and driven offline. Internet violence is disempowering women in the digital world.
However, it is frustrating that abusers have a great chance to get around punishment by simply creating new accounts. Therefore, more and more people are calling for governments and social media companies to account for protecting users in online spaces.
友善讓你懂｜解說：
由人道組織「國際培幼會」（Plan International）所進行的一項最新研究發現，來自全球22個國家、年齡在15-22的14000名受訪女孩子及年輕女性中，竟然有超過半數的女性都遭受過網路暴力。她們所承受過的網路暴力，包括露骨的文字或裸露的照片騷擾、肉搜、污辱性的語言、或是其他形式的暴力。
在調查中，有20%的受訪者在遭受網路攻擊後，便關閉或離開了社群媒體，12%的人則是改變了她們原本的使用習慣。這些精神受創的女孩子都被迫噤聲，且離開了網路世界。網路暴力正在削減女性在數位世界的權力與自信心。
然而，令人感到沮喪的是，施暴者卻有很大機會能夠輕易透過開立新帳號就逃過懲罰。因此，越來越多人呼籲各國政府及社群媒體公司承擔起責任，以保護使用者在網路空間的安全。
輕鬆帶著走｜學習：
例句：
Facebook should account for taking down offensive posts on the platform.
Facebook應該負起責任移除平台上具有冒犯內容的貼文。
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The robber got around the death sentence by selling his partner out.
這名強匪出賣了同夥，藉此逃過了死刑。
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