This campaign demands that Twitter close accounts of those users who have threatened women in the virtual world. Twitter must clean up its act and become safe for women! #RapeThreatsNotOK Sign my petition so that I can show them fifty thousand signatures by tomorrow and make them take action. Let’s make Twitter acknowledge this issue on 8th March, which is International Women’s Day. If Twitter does a large scale shutdown of accounts that threaten to rape women, it will send a strong message that the platform cannot be used for such vicious attacks. Rape is one of the worst forms of violence. Threats of rape are weapons used to subjugate women and silence them. Sign my petition asking Twitter to do a mass shutdown of accounts that have tweeted rape threats against women. Richa, Twitter's response left me furious! I have the time and resources to fight a legal battle, but what about the millions of ordinary women who use Twitter and face rape threats everyday? Twitter refused to act when I tried to report these tweets and told me to file a police complaint. But these violent threats left me shaken and scared for my life. I am a playback singer in the film industry and I am used to being trolled. Be it during the times of Chennai floods, the cyclone, when students were protesting for Jallikattu or recently when there was political unrest in the Tamil Nadu.Īfter receiving rape and acid attack threats herself, she has started an online campaign called #RapeThreatsNotOK. Chinmayi Sripada, a leading Indian singer, has declared war against social media in a bid to get a permanent solution for the women being subject to disgraceful and distasteful comments online.Ĭhinmayi has registered her opinions about every social or political issue.