Biden Admin Launches Task Force to ‘Address Online Harassment and Abuse’

Vice President Kamala Harris, speaks during the Online Harassment and Abuse Task Force announcement at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, on June 16, 2022. Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images

The Biden administration announced a new task force called the “White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse.”

In a statement on June 16, the White House said that President Joe Biden would sign a presidential memorandum to establish the task force, “responding to the need for government leadership to address online harms, which disproportionately affect women, girls, people of color, and LGBTQI+ individuals.”