Coalition Against Online Violence

The Coalition Against Online Violence was established in July 2020 and has grown into a global network of over 80 nonprofit organizations, news outlets, research institutes, and tech companies. While a vast majority of the CAOV supports journalists, fact-checkers, and other media professionals, CAOV members also provide assistance to activists, artists, politicians, researchers, human rights defenders, and other at-risk populations.

Together, CAOV members aim to provide effective solutions for women journalists and others facing online abuse, harassment, and digital attacks. Founded by the International Women’s Media Foundation, the CAOV not only focuses on finding solutions for online violence but also provides collective support for journalists, bolsters digital security, and empowers the news media to ensure the safety of journalists online.

The Coalition Against Online Violence aims to:

● Increase and improve coordination between organizations addressing online abuse across different sectors.

● Amplify – not duplicate – the efforts of peer organizations.

● Respond promptly to online attacks.

● Create crucial resources and an easily accessible online hub to provide comprehensive support for individuals facing online abuse.

In July 2021, the CAOV launched the Online Violence Response Hub, a comprehensive resource center designed to assist journalists and allies in accessing support. The Hub consolidates over 150 resources from Coalition members, focusing on various critical areas for journalists and newsrooms, such as:

● Digital security training

● Documentation and reporting of abuse

● Emergency assistance

● Newsrooms protocols

● Strategies for responding to abuse

● Legal support

Members

Access Now

ACOS

Africa Women Journalist Project

Amnesty International Silicon Valley Initiative

Amnesty International Valley Initiative

Anti-Defamation League

Areto Labs

Article 19

BlockParty

CARTOONING FOR PEACE

Columbia University’s Data Science Institute

Committee to Protect Journalists

Convocation Research + Design

Cyber Civil Rights Initiative

Demos, CASM (Centre for the Analysis of Social Media)

Derechos Digitales

Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP)

Digital Rights Foundation

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Equality Labs

Expert Voices Together project

Feminist Frequency/ The Games and Online Harassment Hotline

Feminist Majority Foundation

First Draft News

Free Press Unlimited

Freedom of the Press Foundation

Garbo

Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Girl Security

GLAAD

Global Cyber Alliance

Global Press

ICFJ

IT for Change

International Network Against Cyber Hate (INACH)

International Media Support

International Press Institute (IPI)

IWMF

James W. Foley Legacy Foundation

JAWS (Journalism and Women Symposium)

Luchadoras

Mass Communication Research Center

Media Defence

Media Innovation Collaboratory/TrollBusters

Mozilla

Ms. Magazine and Feminist Majority Foundation

National Democratic Institute

Online News Association

Online SOS

PEN America

Reach PLC

Reynolds Journalism Institute

Right to Be

Rory Peck Trust

RSF

Rural Digital Resiliency Project

Security Planner

ShePersisted

Simply Secure

Stop Online Violence Against Women

Stop Stalking Us

Syrian Female Journalists Network (SFJN)

TallPoppy

Task Force Butler

TEDIC

The Canadian Association of Journalists

The Coalition For Women In Journalism (CFWIJ) 

The Dart Center

The Marie Colvin Journalists' Network

The New York Times

The Press Forward

Thompson Reuters Foundation

Vita-Activa.org

Vox Media

WAN-IFRA Media Freedom

Web Foundation

WINN (Women in the News Network)

Women’s Media Center