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Online harassment targeted at women significantly increased on social media platforms following the United States presidential election, according to a report by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a consortium of independent human rights nonprofits.

A well-known figure in Philadelphia’s bustling hip-hop scene, rapper YBC Dul had a following many musicians would envy. He had more than 30,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, and his YouTube and Instagram videos drew more than a million views.

Now that Donald Trump is back on Twitter and will soon be on Facebook and Instagram, many Americans are concerned about the use of the digital media to communicate fallacies. Of course, what citizens hear from the media companies are vainglorious comments about their commitment to protect the American principle of the First Amendment.