The Chinese Internet's Hidden Victims: Uncovering and Healing the Scars of Online Abuse

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Social media's popularity has accelerated dissemination of information and has presented society with the most convenient, accessible platform for communication ever. It also has created a dark vortex in the virtual world where "keyboard warriors"—online abusers—can commit abuses online with few, if any, consequences. The harm to the abused target, however, is real.

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