Our References & Receipts

Thank you to the institutions, organizations, authors of articles, and other trusted websites that helped to shape the guidance we offer here. Below are our references the receipts for our research. Please note that each resource is listed only once, even if it fits in more than one category.

Web Articles

Brenan, M. (2023). Americans’ confidence in higher education down sharply. Gallup. https://news.gallup.com/poll/508352/americans-confidence-higher-education-down-sharply.aspx

Bohr, J. (2022). The structure and culture of climate change denial. American Sociological Association. https://www.asanet.org/footnotes-article/structure-and-culture-climate-change-denial/

Butler, J. (2021). New York Times defends reporter Taylor Lorenz after Tucker Carlson’s attacks. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/11/taylor-lorenz-tucker-carlson-new-york-times

Corbyn, Z. (2019, November 3). Naomi Oreskes: “discrediting science is a political strategy.” The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/03/naomi-oreskes-interview-why-trust-science-climate-donald-trump-vaccine

Corsi, G., & Levantesi, S. (2021). Climate deniers are using these four major scare tactics to stop climate action. DeSmog. https://www.desmog.com/2021/11/16/four-major-climate-denial-scare-tactics-twitter/

CSLDF. (2017). Perspectives of scientists who become targets: Ben Santer. Climate Science Legal Defense Fund.  https://www.csldf.org/2017/12/26/perspectives-scientists-become-targets-ben-santer/

CSLDF. (2018). Perspectives of scientists who become targets: Naomi Oreskes Climate Science Legal Defense Fund. https://www.csldf.org/2018/01/10/perspectives-scientists-become-targets-naomi-oreskes/

Cox, D. et al. (2023). America’s crisis of confidence: Rising mistrust, conspiracies, and vaccine hesitancy after COVID-19. Survey Center on American Life. https://www.americansurveycenter.org/research/americas-crisis-of-confidence-rising-mistrust-conspiracies-and-vaccine-hesitancy-after-covid-19/

Damianos. (2023). 39% of climate scientists report online harassment. PBS. https://www.pbs.org/wnet/peril-and-promise/2023/06/39-of-climate-scientists-report-online-harassment/#:~:text=In%20April%202023%2C%20Global%20Witness,number%20goes%20up%20to%2049%25.

Duggan, M. (2017). 1 in 4 black Americans have faced online harassment because of their race or ethnicity. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2017/07/25/1-in-4-black-americans-have-faced-online-harassment-because-of-their-race-or-ethnicity/

Fazackerley, A. (2023). Climate crisis deniers target scientists for vicious abuse on Musk’s Twitter. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/14/climate-crisis-deniers-target-scientists-abuse-musk-twitter

Freedman, M. (2023). How to handle social media harassment. Business News Daily. https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/2475-handle-social-media-harassment.html

Ford Foundation (2018). A new hotline for anonymous harassment and discrimination complaints. https://www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-stories/news-and-press/news/a-new-hotline-for-anonymous-harassment-and-discrimination-complaints/

Gallagher, F. (2020). Minority communities fighting back against disinformation ahead of election. Good Morning America. https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/minority-communities-fighting-back-disinformation-ahead-election-73794172

Grauer, Y. (2021). How to shut stalkers out of your tech: People facing domestic abuse can take these steps to lock down their devices and eliminate stalkerware. Consumer Reports. https://www.consumerreports.org/electronics/digital-security/shut-stalkers-out-of-your-tech-a6642216357/

Halpern, M. (2015). Freedom to bully: How laws intended to free information are used to harass researchers. Center for Science and Democracy. https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/
default/files/attach/2015/09/freedom-to-bully-ucs-2015-final.pdf
 

Halpern, M. (2015). Yes, we can defend scientists from harassment and increase transparency. Union of Concerned Scientists. https://blog.ucsusa.org/michael-halpern/yes-we-can-defend-scientists-from-harassment-and-increase-transparency-915/

Head, M. et al. (2023). Dealing with abuse after public commentary. Times Higher Education. https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/dealing-abuse-after-public-commentary

Hernandez, J. (2024). Mastering modern cybersecurity threats: Your essential guide. Prey Project. https://preyproject.com/blog/what-are-cyber-threats-how-they-affect-you-what-to-do-about-them

Hodson, J. et al. (2023). Online abuse: What can researchers do? Sage Research Methods Community. https://researchmethodscommunity.sagepub.com/blog/online-abuse-what-can-researchers-do

Horsley, J. P. S., & Sun, C. (2012). Information disclosure requirements and issues for universities in the United States: Letting sunshine into the ivory tower. Yale Law Review. https://law.yale.edu/sites/default/files/documents/pdf/Intellectual_Life/Info_Discl_Uni_US_ENG.pdf

Hiltzik, M. (2015). Column: The attack on climate change scientists continues in Washington. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-attack-on-climate-change-scientists-20151204-column.html

Khoo, M. & Quite, L. (2023). Managing to fight disinformation. TechPolicy.Press. https://www.techpolicy.press/managing-to-fight-disinformation/ 

Knight Institue. (2023). Knight Institute condemns effort by congressional panel to intimidate researchers studying online speech. https://knightcolumbia.org/content/knight-institute-condemns-effort-by-congressional-panel-to-intimidate-researchers-studying-online-speech

Lake, P. F. (2022). How to Protect Faculty Members from Outside Attacks. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-to-protect-faculty-members-from-outside-attacks

Lee Badgett, M.V. (2016). Handling the hot water. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/01/27/tips-managing-controversies-result-research-essay

Leber, R. (2023). Republicans are attacking climate change science by comparing it to religion. The New Republic. https://newrepublic.com/article/121398/republicans-Attack-climate-change-science-religion-comparison

Legg, H. (2018). The fight against disinformation in the U.S.: A landscape analysis. Shorenstein Center. https://shorensteincenter.org/the-fight-against-disinformation-in-the-u-s-a-landscape-analysis/ 

Lyle-Thomson, R. (2023). How scientists can safeguard themselves online. Eos. https://eos.org/opinions/how-scientists-can-safeguard-themselves-online

McKie, R. (2017). Republicans accused of obstructing satellite research into climate change. The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/05/donald-trump-accused-blocking-satellite-climate-change-research

Metsch, V. (n.d.). Danger warning: Using office email for personal matters. Smith Gambrell Russell. https://www.sgrlaw.com/articles/danger-warning-using-office-email-for-personal -matters/

Mulvey, K., & Shulman, S. (2015). The Climate Deception Dossiers. Union of Concerned Scientists. https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/climate-deception-dossiers

NORC. (2023). Major declines in the public’s confidence in science in the wake of the pandemic. https://apnorc.org/projects/major-declines-in-the-publics-confidence-in-science-in-the-wake-of-the-pandemic/ 

O’Brien & Kayyali, D. (2015). Facing the challenge of online harassment. Electronic Frontier Foundation. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/01/facing-challenge-online-harassment

O’Grady, C. (2022). ‘Overwhelmed by hate’: COVID-19 scientists face an avalanche of abuse, survey shows. Science. https://www.science.org/content/article/overwhelmed-hate-covid-19-scientists-face-avalanche-abuse-survey-shows

Oreskes, N., & Conway, E. M. (2010). Attack on climate scientists just latest in a long line. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/06/07/oreskes.climate.change/index.html

Raypole, C. (2019). Trolls and toxicity: Surviving online harassment. Good Therapy. https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/trolls-toxicity-surviving-online-harassment-0529197

Rees, G. (2017). Handling traumatic imagery: Developing a standard operating procedure. Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. https://dartcenter.org/resources/handling-traumatic-imagery- developing-standard-operating-procedure 

Ressalam, J. (2023). Lessons learned from facing harassment of researchers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Academy Health. https://academyhealth.org/blog/2023-05/lessons-learned-facing-harassment-researchers-during-covid-19-pandemic

Science Media Center. (2022). Advice for researchers facing harassment after media exposure. https://sciencemediacentre.es/en/advice-researchers-facing-harassment-after-media-exposure

Shanthi, S. (2022). What is smear campaign and what companies should do about it? Entrepreneur India. https://www.entrepreneur.com/en-in/news-and-trends/what-is-smear-campaign-and-what-companies-should-do-about/430119

Sottek, T. C. et al. (2018). Newsrooms must stand up to targeted campaigns of harassment. The Verge. https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/2/17644878/the-verge-new-york-times-sarah-jeong

Stea, J. (2020). When promoting knowledge makes you a target. Scientific America. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/when-promoting-knowledge-makes-you-a-target/

Subbaswamy, K. (2017). Academic freedom is the key to truth – and to democracy. Boston Globe. https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/05/17/academic-freedom-key-truth-and-democracy/NlP7dixCjvjbfGIZodxIFP/story.html#bgmp-comments

Union of Concerned Scientists. (2017). How the fossil fuel industry harassed climate scientist Michael Mann. https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/how-fossil-fuel-industry-harassed-climate-scientist-michael-mann

Veldhuis, C. B. (2023). Psychological safety for researchers. Sage Research Methods Community. https://researchmethodscommunity.sagepub.com/blog/psychological-safety-for-researchers?rq=psychological%20safety%20for%20researchers

Vilk, V. (2020). What to do when your employee is harassed online. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/07/what-to-do-when-your-employee-is-harassed-online

Vilk, V. (2020). You’re not powerless in the face of online harassment. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/06/youre-not-powerless-in-the-face-of-online-harassment

Weir, K. (2024). Protect yourself from online trolls. American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/monitor/2024/01/trends-misinformation-trolls

Zadrozny, B. & McCausland (2022). Boston Children’s Hospital warns employees over far-right online harassment campaign. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/boston-childrens-hospital-warns-employees-far-right-online-harassment-rcna43376

Scientific Articles and Book Chapters

Barlow, C., & Awan, I. (2016). “You need to be sorted out with a knife”: The attempted online silencing of women and people of Muslim faith within academia. Social Media + Society, 2(4), 2056305116678896. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116678896

Branford, J., Grahle, A., Heilinger, J.-C., Kalde, D., Muth, M., Parisi, E. M., Villa, P.-I., & Wild, V. (2019). Cyberhate against academics. In Cyberhate against academics (pp. 205–226). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110628746-015

Bohr, J. (2020). Key events and challenges: A computational text analysis of the 115th house of representatives on Twitter. Environmental Politics, 30(3), 399–422. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1778990

Brulle, R. J., Aronczyk, M., & Carmichael, J. (2019). Corporate Promotion and Climate Change: An Analysis of key variables affecting advertising spending by major oil corporations, 1986–2015. Climatic Change, 159(1), 87–101. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-019-02582-8

Carter Olson, C., & LaPoe, V. (2018). Combating the digital spiral of silence: Academic activists versus social media trolls. In J. R. Vickery & T. Everbach (Eds.), Mediating misogyny: Gender, technology, and harassment (pp. 271–291). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72917-6_14

Cassidy, W., Faucher, C., & Jackson, M. (2017). Adversity in university: Cyberbullying and its impacts on students, faculty and administrators. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(8), 8. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14080888

Cassidy, W., Jackson, M., & Faucher, C. (2016). Gender differences and cyberbullying towards faculty members in higher education. In R. Navarro, S. Yubero, & E. Larrañaga (Eds.), Cyberbullying across the globe: Gender, family, and mental Health (pp. 79–98). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25552-1_4

Celuch, M., Savela, N., Oksa, R., Latikka, R., & Oksanen, A. (2022). Individual factors predicting reactions to online harassment among Finnish professionals. Computers in Human Behavior, 127, 107022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.107022

Cocq, C., Liliequist, E., & Okonski, L. (2022). Protecting the Researcher in Digital Contexts. In 6th Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Conference (DHNB 2022), Uppsala, Sweden, March 15-18, 2022 (pp. 195-202). https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1701729/FULLTEXT01.pdf 

Doerfler, P., Forte, A., De Cristofaro, E., Stringhini, G., Blackburn, J., & McCoy, D. (2021). ” I’m a Professor, which isn’t usually a dangerous job”: Internet-facilitated Harassment and Its Impact on Researchers. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW2), 1-32. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3476082 

Dunlap, R. E., & Brulle, R. J. (2020). Sources and amplifiers of climate change denial. Research Handbook on Communicating Climate Change. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789900408.00013

Farrell, J. (2015). Corporate funding and ideological polarization about climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(1), 92–97. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1509433112

Fenaughty, J., & Harré, N. (2013). Factors associated with young people’s successful resolution of distressing electronic harassment. Computers & Education, 61, 242-250. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360131512001820 

Ferber, A. L. (2017). Faculty Under Attack. Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, 39, 37–42. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1029&context=hjsr 

Ferber, A. L. (2018). “Are you willing to die for this work?” Public targeted online harassment in higher education: SWS presidential address. Gender & Society, 32(3), 301–320. https://doi.org/10.1177/0891243218766831

Gosse, C. et al. (2020). The hidden costs of connectivity: Nature and effects of scholars’ online harassment. Learning, Media and Technologyhttps://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2021.1878218

Hodson, J., Gosse, C., Veletsianos, G., & Houlden, S. (2018). I get by with a little help from my friends: The ecological model and support for women scholars experiencing online harassment. First Monday. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v23i8.9136

Houlden, S., Hodson, J., Veletsianos, G., Gosse, C., Lowenthal, P., Dousay, T., & Hall, N. C. (2022). Support for scholars coping with online harassment: An ecological framework. Feminist Media Studies, 22(5), 1120–1138. https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2021.1883086

Kavanagh, E., & Brown, L. (2020). Towards a research agenda for examining online gender-based violence against women academics. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44(10), 1379–1387. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2019.1688267

Keashly, L., & Neuman, J. H. (2010). Faculty experiences with bullying in higher education. Administrative Theory & Praxis. https://doi.org/10.2753/ATP1084-1806320103

Machackova, H., Cerna, A., Sevcikova, A., Dedkova, L., & Daneback, K. (2013). Effectiveness of coping strategies for victims of cyberbullying. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 7(3), 1-12. https://cyberpsychology.eu/article/view/4294 

Nogrady, B. (2021). ‘I hope you die’: How the COVID pandemic unleashed attacks on scientists. Nature, 598(7880), 250–253. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02741-x

Nogrady, B. (2022). Online harassment: a toolkit for protecting yourself from abuse. Nature, 609(7925), 205-207. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02766-w

Nölleke, D., Leonhardt, B. M., & Hanusch, F. (2023). “The chilling effect”: Medical scientists’ responses to audience feedback on their media appearances during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Understanding of Science, 32(5), 546–560. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625221146749

Oksanen, A., Celuch, M., Latikka, R., Oksa, R., & Savela, N. (2022). Hate and harassment in academia: The rising concern of the online environment. Higher Education, 84(3), 541–567. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10734-021-00787-4 

Oreskes, N. (2004). Science and public policy: what’s proof got to do with it? Environmental Science & Policy, 7(5), 369–383. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2004.06.002

Oreskes, N. (2019). Why Trust Science? Princeton University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691189932

Pendergrast, T. R., Jain, S., Trueger, N. S., Gottlieb, M., Woitowich, N. C., & Arora, V. M. (2021). Prevalence of Personal Attacks and Sexual Harassment of Physicians on Social Media. JAMA Internal Medicine, 181(4), 550–552. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7235 

Prasad, A. (2022). Naomi Oreskes: understanding the denial of science. The Lancet, 399(10344), 2341–2341. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01102-3

Royan, R., Pendergrast, T. R., Woitowich, N. C., Trueger, N. S., Wooten, L., Jain, S., & Arora, V. M. (2023). Physician and Biomedical Scientist Harassment on Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA Network Open, 6(6), e2318315. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.18315 

Samer, C., Lacombe, K., & Calmy, A. (2021). Cyber harassment of female scientists will not be the new norm. The Lancet. Infectious Diseases, 21(4), 457–458. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30944-0

Uyheng, J., Moffitt, J. D., & Carley, K. M. (2022). The language and targets of online trolling: A psycholinguistic approach for social cybersecurity. Information Processing & Management, 59(5), 103012. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306457322001224 

Veldhuis, C. B. (2022). Doubly marginalized: Addressing the minority stressors experienced by LGBTQ+ researchers who do LGBTQ+ research. Health Education & Behavior, 49(6), 960-974. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10901981221116795 

Veletsianos, G., Houlden, S., Hodson, J., & Gosse, C. (2018). Women scholars’ experiences with online harassment and abuse: Self-protection, resistance, acceptance, and self-blame. New Media & Society, 20(12), 4689–4708. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818781324

Veletsianos, G., & Kimmons, R. (2013). Scholars and faculty members’ lived experiences in online social networks. The Internet and Higher Education, 16, 43–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iheduc.2012.01.004

Vidal Valero, M. (2023). Death threats, trolling and sexist abuse: Climate scientists report online attacks. Nature, 616(7957), 421–422. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01018-9

Yelin, H., & Clancy, L. (2021). Doing impact work while female: Hate tweets, ‘hot potatoes’ and having ‘enough of experts.’ European Journal of Women’s Studies, 28(2), 175–193. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506820910194

Reports

Anti-Defamation League’s Online Hate and Harassment: The American Experience 2023

Economist Impact’s Confidence in research: Researchers in the spotlight

Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology’s Animal Research Activism 

Pew Research Center’s Online Harassment

Resource Lists and Guides

988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline

American Bar Association’s Free Legal Help

American Association of University Professors’ Resource List for Faculty Targeted by Harassment

Bullies Out’s Help & Information: How to Report Bullying or Abuse or Social Media

Collation Against Online Violence’s Online Violence Response Hub

Countering Disinformation’s Database of Informational Interventions

Crash Override’s Resource Center

Crash Override’s So You’ve Been Doxed: A Guide on What to Do Next

Crisis Text Line

The Center for Countering Digital Hate’s Guide to Dealing with Hate on Social Media

Center for Science and Democracy’s Science in the an Age of Scrutiny 

The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund’s A Pocket Handbook for Scientists Handling Political Harassment and Intimidation

Cyber Civil Rights Initiative’s Safety Center

The Cyber Helpline’s Dealing with cyberstalking

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s Incident Reporting System 

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Best Practices

Data Detox Kit’s Bot or Not? 

Data & Society’s Best Practices for Conducting Risky Research and Protecting Yourself from Online Harassment

Digital First Aid Kit

FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) 

GLAAD’s LGBTQ Digital Safety Guide

International Women’s Media Foundation’s A Guide to Protecting Newsrooms and Journalists Against Online Violence 

Israel Butler’s How to Talk About Civic Space: A Guide for Progressive Civil Society Facing Smear Campaigns

LawHelp.org’s Find Legal Help Near You

Online SOS’s Support for People Experiencing Online Harassment

OSCE’s Guidelines for Monitoring Online Violence Against Female Journalists

Pen America’s Digital Safety Snacks

Pen America’s Online Harassment Field Manual

Project When’s Guide to Handling Online Harassment, Online Abuse, & Cyberbullying

Reframe’s Disinformation Defense Toolkit 

Right to Be’s How to Use Social Media Safety

Right to Be’s Responding to Online Harassment

Right to Be’s Stories of Harassment

Right to Be’s Understanding Online Harassment

The Science Media Centre’s Advice for Researchers Experiencing Harassment

Security in a Box

Society for Neuroscience’s Best Practices for Protecting Researchers and Research: Recommendations for Universities and Institutions 

Stop Ransomware’s I’ve Been Hit By Ransomware!

Surveillance Self-Defense

Troll Busters’s Digital Hygiene Lessons

The Union of Concerned Scientists’ Guide on Countering Disinformation in Your Community 

Webwise’s Dealing with Online Harassment

Without My Consent’s Resources

The WIRED Guide to Digital Security

University Web Pages

Boston University’s What to Do if You Are Trolled

Cornell University’s Report an Incident or Concern

The University of California’s Incident Reporting Form for Harassment and Discrimination

The University of California’s Report Hate and Bias Form

The University of California’s Guide to Combatting Social Media Trolls and Online Harassment

The University of California, Irvine’s Resources to Support Academics Targetted by Online Harassment

The University of California, Irvine’s Resources to Support Staff and Non-Academic University Employees Targeted by Online Harassment

The University of California, Santa Cruz’s Faculty FAQs for Public Records Requests

The University of Chicago’s Guide to Managing Online Harassment

The University of Chicago’s Online Harassment Reporting Form

The University of Illinois’ Reporting System

The University of Illinois’ Resources for Unit Executive Officers Assisting Scholars Targeted in Trolling Attacks 

The University of Illinois’ Resources for Scholars Targeted in Trolling Attacks

The University of Minnesota’s Resources for Responding to Online Harassment

The University of Minnesota’s Responding to Online Harassment

The University of Minnesota’s Responding to Online Harassment – Key Contact Directory

The University of Minnesota’s Resources to Support Colleagues Experiencing Online Harassment

University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Academic Freedom Crisis Toolkit

Government Web Pages

Congress.Gov’s Examining the Oil Industry’s Efforts to Suppress the Truth about Climate Change

FOIA.gov’s FAQ Page

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Common Reactions After Trauma

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Racial Trauma 

U.S. Copyright Office’s Section 512 of Title 17

U.S. Department of Education’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

U.S. Geological Survey’s FOIA Exemptions and Exclusions 

USAid

Other Web Pages

AEROMMA/CUPiDs Anti-Harassment Statement

Academic Freedom Alliance

American Association of University Professors’ 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure 

American Association of University Professors’ On Institutional Social Media Policies

American Association of University Professors’ What You Can Do about Targeted Online Harassment

American Civil Liberties Union’s Free Speech

American Library Association’s Academic Freedom

Americans for Medical Progress

American Psychological Association’s Promoting and Defending Research

Anti-Defamation League

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety’s Internet Harassment or Cyberbullying

CARPLS’ How Employers and Employees Can Work Together to Tackle Cyber Harassment in the Workplace

Coalition for Independent Technology Research

The Cybersmile Foundation

Cybercrime Support Network’s Cyber Harassment

Data & Society’s Online Harassment Information for Universities

The Digital Public Interest Collective

Disinfo Defense League 

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Environmental Defense Fund’s How to Fight Climate Change Misinformation 

Faculty First Responders

First Amendment Coalition

First Amendment Project

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression’s What We Defend: Academic Freedom

Harassment Manager

HelpGuide.org’s Emotional and Psychological Trauma

Index on Censorship 

International Human Rights Network

International Science Council

Institute for Free Speech

Knight Foundation’s Trust, Media and Democracy 

National Coalition Against Censorship 

Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Safeguarding Science

On The Line Newsrooms’ Public Statement of Support

Organization of American Historians’ Academic Freedom

Pew Research Center’s Part 3: Responses to Online Harassment

RAINN’s Street Harassment

Rock Dove Solutions’ Social Media Just Lit Up About Your Brand Is It an Issue or a Crisis?

Rock Dove Solutions’ How Business Leaders Should Respond to Cyberbullying

Scholars at Risk Network

Society for Neuroscience’s Support for Members and Institutions

Stalking Risk Profile

Stronghearts’ Native Helpline’s Digital Stalking

Take Back the Tech

Union of Concerned Scientists

Non Web Based Material

Americans for Medical Progress’s Tips for Combatting Home Harassment

Americans for Medical Progress’s Additional Tips for Supporting Targeted Scientists 

Americans for Medical Progress’s Managing Morale in the Midst of a Long-Term Animal Rights Campaign 

Americans for Medical Progress’s Forming and Managing an Effective Animal Research Communications and Security Team 

Americans for Medical Progress’s Tips for Forming an Effective Partnership Between Your Security, Communications and Legal Offices

Americans for Medical Progress’s Tips for Supporting Scientists Targeted by Animal Activists 

Americans for Medical Progress. (2019). Strategies for Increasing Communications and Transparency.

Americans for Medical Progress’s Tips for Investigators who Find Themselves the Target of an Animal Rights Campaign

University of Massachusetts’ SBS Resources for Responding to Harassment of UMass Faculty for their Research, Teaching, and Public Engagement   

University of Massachusetts’ Description of Harassment Form

University of Massachusetts’ Public Harassment of UMass Faculty for their Research, Teaching, and Public Engagement: Response and Prevention

University of Massachusetts’ Appendix 1: Examples of Institutional Statements

University of Massachusetts’ Appendix 2: Email Recommendations and FOIA Request Details

University of Massachusetts’ Appendix 3: MSP’s Suggestions for How to Protect Your Classroom Materials

University of Massachusetts’ Appendix 4: Related Resources, Articles, and Cases at UMass