Peter Hotez Is Not Alone: Online Harassment of Doctors Is a Public Health Issue

June 26, 2023

(STAT News) – Just last week, JAMA Network Open published our study of more than 350 physicians’ and scientists’ experiences with online harassment. What we found was frightening. In addition to being accosted at their home or place of business, our participants reported doxxing (having personal information posted online), stalking, and professional harms such as review-bombing (posting multiple fake negative reviews online). Two in three physicians reported having experienced harassment. That’s up significantly: When we conducted a similar study before the pandemic began, 23.3% of the physicians reported having been harassed. (Read More)