PRESS RELEASE: TO BE DISTRIBUTED ON JUNE 17, 2022
BAFTA NOMINEE GAMES DEVELOPER DETAILS HOW SHE BECAME THE FIRST BRITISH WOMAN VICTIM OF CANCELLATION CULTURE, AS ONLINE TWITTER CAMPAIGN COSTS HER £800K, HER REPUTATION, PLUS A HOST OF FRIENDSHIPS.
THIS WILL INCLUDE DISCUSSING A FORENSIC TWITTER INVESTIGATION SHE COMMISSIONED WHICH REVEALS HOW A QUARTER OF THE 6,052 “CANCELLATION” TWEETS ABOUT LOTTIE BEVAN AND HER PARTNER ALEXIS KENNEDY ORIGINATED FROM USERS LINKED TO A COMMERCIAL RIVAL.
FURTHERMORE FORENSIC STUDY CASTS SERIOUS DOUBT ON TWITTER AS A RELIABLE MEDIUM FOR OUTING ABUSERS, AS IT REVEALS JUST 0.17 % OF THE 6,052 INVOLVE FIRST-HAND ALLEGATIONS OF INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOUR.
TWEETS TARGETING LOTTIE BEVAN WERE MISOGYNISTIC, SEXIST AND DESIGNED TO BELITTLE HER PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY; WITH 14.5 % MOCKING HER FOR SPEAKING OUT ABOUT BEING CYBER BULLIED.
TODAY THE REPORT’S AUTHORS WILL PRESENT ITS...