Online abuse: 'It's so common it's almost banal'
Mariam Veiszadeh is regularly sent abusive messages on social media. Photo: Supplied Each time Mariam Veiszadeh gets a death threat, she does a cost-benefit analysis. The online abuse is so frequent that the lawyer and anti-Islamophobia advocate wouldn't get any work done if she reported it all to police. "I think about the consequences of reporting, the time and effort that goes into it, the psychological impact it has on me to pursue these matters, the potential outcome and whether it's all worth it," she said. Trina Pania Hohaia was fined $1000 for using a carriage service to offend. Photo: Facebook But just before midnight one night last July, a message landed in her Facebook inbox that she didn't ignore. "Watch as we come for you in your sleep cut your throat as you do the animals you torment," it said. "Kill your family for you to see. Kill your uncle which is now your husband slash grand f---er.. I will find you and hunt you...