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A private Facebook group, bringing together around thirty Parisian journalists, is today singled out for having targeted many people on social networks.
They are journalists, bloggers, influential on the web and at the origin of what they called the “LOL league”. In all, they are thirty, mostly men, to have harassed many people on social networks between 2008 and 2012.
Sexist, racist or homophobic insults most of the time. Since the revelations of Releasethe story has resurfaced and the testimonies are multiplying on the web.
“You end up believing in the status that a community gives you. They made me look like a slut. I wasted two years asking myself questions, having insomnia, going crazy”, Iris wrote on Twitter. “Cyberbullying also takes the form of occasional but regular undermining that leads to despair.” confided on Twitter Mélanie Wanga.
The main respondents apologized on the web: Vincent Glad and AH, journalists at Releaseand DD, editor-in-chief of Inrocks. They were all laid off by their employers. This story of harassment splashes the small world of star journalists on social networks.