Telangana Womens Commission seeks Investigation into online abuse of journalists

The Telangana State Commission for Women has urged police to conduct a thorough investigation into complaints of abuse, threats to life, online trolling, and harassment faced by women journalists and their families on social media.

Led by independent journalist Thulasi Chandi and senior journalist C Vanaja, a group of journalists in Hyderabad had registered



a complaint with the Women’s Commission on November 18.

The complaint stated that some social media accounts that have been targeting women journalists specifically, “using abusive language, issuing life-threatening remarks, circulating derogatory videos, posting defamatory comments, and targeting not only the journalists but also their family members.”