Coronavirus has amplified online shaming and harassment, and it's not just a problem for influencers
" on the Something Navy website, acknowledging that "part of what [she] does" involves weathering public opinion, but recent critical voices had been "loud, hurtful and largely misinformed." make mistakes, including me, especially when a crisis such as this is developing so quickly," she wrote.
Charnas and her fellow influencers are not the only ones being called out — and harassed – for their behavior amid the pandemic. 41% of adults and 67% of young people have been victims of online harassment, according to a 2017Malissa, a high school graduate from Los Angeles, received threats after "raiding" classes on Zoom and posting the results to TikTok.
"People were calling me a c--- and a b----," Malissa told Insider of the escalating comments. "I had a terrible panic attack when I read the comments. I was scared, and when I told my parents, my dad was scared because everyone making hateful comments was a full-grown adult." Sue Scheff, an internet safety expert and author of "Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate," told Insider that the "mob mentality" of online behavior has ushered in an era of the "corrosion of civility and humanity," in online spaces, particularly in cases when shamers believe they are acting in service of the greater good.
Ultimately, she believes, it's difficult to find a balance of enforcing accountability and mitigating harassment. Online harassment, particularly of influencers, began well before the pandemic. "It's interesting seeing it through this lens when there's the added component of fear and hysteria," she said.
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