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]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-07-22T040635Z_8313793_RC24YH9H3F6S_RTRMADP_3_PHILIPPINES-MEDIA.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Silvio Waisbord is Director and Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at the George Washington University.
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]](https://aljazeeranews-mggx1uo47w.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2020-07-22T040635Z_8313793_RC24YH9H3F6S_RTRMADP_3_PHILIPPINES-MEDIA.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)