Enough with online hate speech, sexual harassment and threats of violence against women and marginalized groups. It's time to take the global crisis of online abuse seriously. In this searching, powerful talk, Ashley Judd recounts her ongoing experience of being terrorized on social media for her unwavering activism and calls on citizens of the internet, the tech community, law enforcement and legislators to recognize the offline harm of online harassment. NOTE: Comments are disabled on this video, because it's been our experience that comments on talks about online misogyny tend to tempt online misogynists to try even harder to create mindless shock. Unfortunately, YouTube's comment moderation tools are simply not up to the task. (Yes, we're calling you out, YouTube.) So for now, if you have something interesting to say about this talk, please jump over to the TED.com version: go.ted.com/judd. Our comments on TED.com are moderated, and you are subject to our user policies. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Look for talks on Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more. Find closed captions and translated subtitles in many languages at www.ted.com/translate Follow TED news on Twitter: www.twitter.com/tednews Like TED on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TED Subscribe to our channel: www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

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