Press: Black, female and high-profile, Kamala Harris is a top target in online fever swamps

WASHINGTON — Soon after Joe Biden announced last year that he would pick a woman as his running mate, Democratic congresswoman Jackie Speier began warning Facebook executives: Female politicians receive the most vile online attacks, and the company’s filters were failing to stop them.

This piece includes coverage of work by DemTech researcher Alexandra Pavliuc.

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