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<keyword id="1549800" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Section-375">Section 375</keyword> of IPC pertains to the criminal offense of raping defines rape as "sexual intercourse with a woman against her will, without her consent, by coercion, misrepresentation or fraud or at a time when she has been intoxicated or duped, or is of unsound mental health and in any case if she is under 18 years of age." Definition of rape Section 375 defines a sexual offense as rape if it falls under the categories given under. 1. If the act happened against the will of the victim. 2. The said act was performed without the consent of the subject. 3. Performed with her consent, provided her consent was got by putting the subject or any person who is important to her in fear of hurt or death. 4. Performed with her consent, when the man is aware that he is not the subject’s husband, and that she had given her consent under the belief that he is another man to whom she is or believes to have lawfully married. 5. If the act happened with her consent when she was under unsound mind or under intoxication or the administration to him either personally or through someone else or through some stupefying or unwholesome substance, she is not in a position to understand the nature and consequences of the act to which she had consented. 6. With or without the subject’s consent, when the subject is under sixteen years of age. Penetration alone is sufficient to constitute the act of sexual intercourse that can be considered as an offense of rape. Definition of consent under Section 375 Consent can be defined as a clear and voluntary communication given by a woman for a given sexual act. As long as the woman is above the age of 18, <keyword id="150124" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="marital-rape">marital rape</keyword> is a clear exception to giving consent since marital rape is not a crime under the <keyword id="75223" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indian-Penal-Code">Indian Penal Code</keyword>. Exceptions to Section 375 The act will not be considered as a sexual assault if a man has sexual intercourse with his own wife who is aged above 18. Amendment made to Section 375 The Parliament of India passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 also called as the Nirbhaya Act, in order to make a significant amendment to Section 375. This measure was meant to rule out the ambiguity that existed in the earlier law and created room for strict punishment during the occurrences of the rarest cases of sexual violence. As part of this amendment, the ambiguity that existed in the earlier law was addressed and room was created for giving strict punishment in case of the rarest cases of sexual violence. The legislation was altered to define acts such as penetration of penis into vagina, urethra, anus or mouth, or any other object or any other body part to any extent into a woman’s body parts (or facilitating any other person do it), to constitute the offence of sexual assault. The amendment also classified acts such as applying mouth or touching the private parts as offences of sexual assault.

You need to know about Section 375 of the Indian Constitution

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Hungary rejected the Istanbul Convention, an international agreement aimed at combating <keyword id="82388" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Violence-against-women">violence against women</keyword>, including abuses such as genital mutilation and marital rape.</li><li>United Nations data predicts global domestic violence will increase by 20% while much of the globe is on lockdown.</li><li>The rejection comes just weeks after the government began trying to push through a law that would end legal recognition of trans people in <keyword id="15799" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hungary">Hungary</keyword>.</li><li>As the government voted against ratification, outnumbered female politicians held up signs covered in sexist quotes made by male politicians in earlier parliament sessions.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>The Hungarian parliament — one of the most male-dominated legislatures in Europe — has rejected ratifying a treaty that aims to stop violence against women.Just weeks after the government tried pushing through a law that would <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/26/hungary-prepares-to-end-legal-recognition-of-trans-people">end legal recognition of trans people in Hungary</a>, the government refused to sign on to an international convention designed to combat violence against women. The Istanbul Convention is the first binding agreement aimed at stopping and combating violence against women, according to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/hungarys-parliament-blocks-domestic-violence-treaty">The Guardian</a>.Its intent is to prevent abuses like female genital mutilation and marital rape. It comes as United Nations data predicts global domestic violence will <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/28/calamitous-domestic-violence-set-to-soar-by-20-during-global-lockdown-coronavirus">increase by 20%</a> while much of the globe is on lockdown.In 2014, the convention was signed by much of Europe, as well as Hungary. But on May 5, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/05/hungarys-parliament-blocks-domestic-violence-treaty">The Guardian</a> reported, Hungary ultimately declined to ratify the agreement. Hungary's government also backed a declaration that said the convention promoted "destructive gender ideologies" and "illegal immigration."Late last year, <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2019/11/22/watch-the-difficult-quest-for-justice-of-hungary-s-victims-of-domestic-violence">Euro News</a> reported that one in every five women in Hungary are in a physically abusive relationship, based on 2018 data collected by Women for Women against Violence.During the May 5 vote against ratification, outnumbered female politicians held up signs covered in sexist quotes made by male politicians in earlier parliament sessions.The declaration agreed to by Hungary's ruling party asserted that the country has "the right to defend its country, culture, laws, traditions and national values and that views on gender held by the minority should not endanger this."Lorinc Nacsa, a politician from the Christian Democrats, which is one of the parties forming Hungary's current government, said the rejected agreement was "contrary to the Hungarian legal order," according to The Guardian.After taking power in 2010, Prime Minister Orban changed Hungary's definition of marriage, limiting it to a union between a man and a woman.In 2018, Orban came under fire for banning gender studies from universities. A spokesperson at the time told <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/19/europe/hungary-bans-gender-study-at-colleges-trnd/index.html">CNN</a>: "The government's standpoint is that people are born either male or female, and we do not consider it acceptable for us to talk about socially-constructed genders, rather than biological sexes."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hungary-prime-minister-viktor-orban-seizes-full-control-during-outbreak-2020-3">Hungary's prime minister has been handed the power to rule by decree indefinitely because of the coronavirus outbreak</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-created-new-dictator-emboldens-authoritarians-worldwide-2020-4">The coronavirus just created a new dictator in Europe and has emboldened the toxic behavior of authoritarians worldwide</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hungary-to-give-women-with-4-or-more-kids-life-tax-exemption-2019-2">Hungary's anti-immigration prime minister announces measure that would give women with 4 or more kids life tax exemption</a></li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/structural-inequality-gender-equality-coronavirus-pandemic-outbreak-contraceptives-pregnancy-fgm-2020-4">Coronavirus crisis will see 7 million unplanned pregnancies and 31 million gender-based violence cases, the UN says</a></li></ul>Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hungary-rejects-treaty-to-protect-women-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

Hungary rejected ratifying a treaty to protect women from violence, because it said it promoted 'destructive gender ideologies' and 'illegal immigration'

<ul><li>The National Alliance of Women’s Organisation has suggested all the political parties to ensure 33% representation of women in all internal committee. </li><li>The activist group while launching “Womanifesto” suggested having 30% of the annual budget for growth and development dedicated to women. </li><li>“All houses should be registered in the name of husband and wife and marital rape should be criminalised.” said the manifesto. </li></ul>A women’s rights group in India has strongly suggested barring all the political parties in the country from the upcoming elections if they have very few women on their tickets. The National Alliance of Women’s Organisations, an activist group, launched their "Womanifesto" on Wednesday demanding call-for-action to improve women’s representation in politics. "The Election Commission must make some rules that unless you have at least 33 percent (female) members, you cannot qualify (for elections)," Ranjana Kumari, director of the Delhi-based Centre for Social Research (CSR) <a href="http://news.trust.org/item/20190306180518-is1rq/">told Reuters</a>. The manifesto pitched for having 33% reservations for women in all internal committees of political parties and to have 30% of the annual budget for growth and development of women. It also asked to provide free sanitary napkins to girls in schools and free treatment for acid and rape attack victims in all the hospitals, <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/international-womens-day-2019-womanifesto-released-ahead-of-lok-sabha-polls-2003730?&amp;tb_cb=1">reported</a> NDTV. As per the manifesto, “all houses should be registered in the name of husband and wife and marital rape should be criminalised.” Women in India accounts for approximately half the voters in India as per <keyword id="65281" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Election-Commission-of-India">Election Commission of India</keyword>. Moreover, a recent state poll has <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/2019-lok-sabha-polls-women-participation-may-be-higher-than-men-says-report/articleshow/68264184.cms">revealed</a> that women will have a key role to play in the upcoming elections with women voters increasing faster than men. However, women continue to face a high rate of crime, low level of representation in workforce and politics. The manifesto further <a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/international-womens-day-2019-womanifesto-released-ahead-of-lok-sabha-polls-2003730?&amp;tb_cb=1">stated</a> “ The Ministry of External Affairs, the Ministry of Home Affairs and home departments of all state governments should constitute peace committees and ensure that at least 50% of the members are women". See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/2019-lok-sabha-polls-women-participation-may-be-higher-than-men-says-report/articleshow/68264184.cms">Women participation may be higher than men in India's upcoming elections, says report</a>

India should bar political parties with low women representation, demands activist group

<ul class="summary-list"><li>"<keyword id="10435244" type="AGENCY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Bridgerton">Bridgerton</keyword>" viewers are criticizing the show's handling of a marital rape scene adapted from Julia Quinn's novel, "The Duke and I."</li><li>In episode six, Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) initiates sex with her husband Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page) and gets on top of him so he can't remove himself, despite his multiple attempts to do so. </li><li>The series doesn't directly address the gravity of Daphne's actions.</li><li>Many fans were upset with the show's depiction of the scene and wondered why the writers included the controversial moment at all.</li><li>Warning: This article contains major spoilers, and potential triggers, about season one of "Bridgerton." </li></ul>"<a href="https://www.insider.com/category/bridgerton">Bridgerton</a>" tackles topics like feminism, race, and sexuality in the context of early 19th century England. However, viewers are criticizing the showrunners for their handling of one issue in particular: consent. The new <keyword id="128682" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Netflix">Netflix</keyword> series, adapted from Julia Quinn's 2000 novel "The Duke and I" and executive produced by Shondaland, follows Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) and Simon Basset (Regé-Jean Page) as their temporary dating ruse evolves into a passionate marriage. Daphne was always taught that she should want children, but in order to preserve her innocence, she never learned how to create them. Simon, on the other hand, swore he'd never sire an heir to his dukedom out of spite for his father's abuse when he was a child.He tells Daphne that he "can't" have children, which she accepts, believing his reasoning to be a result of a medical condition. It isn't until Daphne learns more about reproduction that she realizes he can impregnate her - he just doesn't want to - as she, and the viewers, realize he's been utilizing the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pull-out-method-doesnt-stop-pregnancy-2013-8">pull-out method</a> to avoid pregnancy.<div type="image" title="bridgerton" height="2405" width="3600" msid="80014958" hostid="261"></div>She hatches a premeditated plan to initiate sex in episode six, positioning herself on top of her husband so that he can't remove himself, despite his blatant attempts to do so. The scene is adapted from a controversial moment in "The Duke and I," though the events unfold slightly differently in the book. On the page, Simon comes home drunk and Daphne feels an "intoxicating surge of power" and takes advantage of him, leaving him with a "complete loss of speech, this choking, strangling feeling." Because the scenario upset many readers when the novel was published 20 years ago and people's understanding of consent has improved, many fans wondered why <keyword id="10515301" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="chris-van-dusen">Chris Van Dusen</keyword>, the show's creator, included the rape at all. Beyond the lack of trigger warnings on the episode and the decision to keep the moment in the script, viewers claimed the shows' writers "glossed over" the rape, missing an opportunity to address timely issues like assault and consent.Before this latest criticism, Van Dusen said he was well aware of the controversy surrounding the moment in "The Duke and I.""We had a lot of conversations around that specific incident in the book," he told <a href="https://ew.com/tv/bridgerton-showrunner-controversial-bedroom-scene/">Entertainment Weekly</a>. "And we did discuss it, a lot, as far as how to approach it and how to handle it."However, Van Dusen viewed the scene as a pivotal moment in Daphne's character development and ultimately decided to keep it because "it's a part of her journey," he noted. Before shooting, he said the writers were intentional about how to show the interaction on screen. "I've always called this first season of the show, if it had a subtitle, it would be, 'The Education of Daphne Bridgerton.' That incident really goes along with that overall - that overarching theme that she starts out as this picture-perfect, wide-eyed, innocent debutante," Van Dusen said.The creator continued: "And we watch her grow into this woman who gets to shed all of the constraints society has held her to, and she finally figures out who she really is and what she's capable of."Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/bridgerton-queen-charlotte-golda-rosheuvel-representation-2020-12">'Bridgerton' star Golda Rosheuvel says portraying a Black Queen Charlotte 'allows you to expand the boundaries'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/bridgerton-king-george-illness-queen-charlotte-explains-2020-12">'Bridgerton's' Queen Charlotte explains King George III's mysterious illness</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/bridgerton-who-is-lady-whistledown-easter-eggs-2020-12">17 moments that gave away Lady Whistledown's identity on season 1 of 'Bridgerton'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/bridgerton-season-1-cast-character-guide">Here's where every major character ended up on the season 1 finale of 'Bridgerton'</a>

'Bridgerton' fans are criticizing showrunners for including a controversial rape scene and failing to address the lack of consent

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image">Thomson ReutersDonald Trump.</div></div></div>A top aide to real-estate magnate and presidential candidate Donald Trump <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/politics/donald-trump-adviser-michael-cohen-rape/index.html">apologized Tuesday</a> after making controversial comments about marital rape in an article <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-responds-to-rape-story-2015-7">published the night before</a>. Michael Cohen, an executive vice president and special counsel to Trump's organization, said <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html">the heated nature of his conversation with The Daily Beast</a> caused him to give "an inarticulate" statement, "which I apologize for entirely.""As an attorney, husband and father there are many injustices that offend me but nothing more than charges of rape or racism," Cohen <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/politics/donald-trump-adviser-michael-cohen-rape/index.html">said in a statement to CNN</a>.He added: "They hit me at my core. Rarely am I surprised by the press, but the gall of this particular reporter to make such a reprehensible and false allegation against Mr. Trump truly stunned me. In my moment of shock and anger, I made an inarticulate comment - which I do not believe - and which I apologize for entirely."According to The Daily Beast, Trump's ex-wife once described an encounter between the two as "rape" in a deposition during the couple's divorce proceedings. She later clarified to say she didn't mean the term in a "a literal or criminal sense."Cohen pushed back aggressively on the report. Among other things, The Daily Beast's Tim Mak and Brandy Zadrozny quoted him threatening to sue their publication."You write a story that has Mr. Trump's name in it, with the word 'rape,' and I'm going to mess your life up … for as long as you're on this frickin' planet … you're going to have judgments against you, so much money, you'll never know how to get out from underneath it," Cohen reportedly said.Cohen also reportedly told the publication, inaccurately, that marital rape isn't possible by "the very definition.""You're talking about the frontrunner for the GOP, presidential candidate, as well as a private individual who never raped anybody. And, of course, understand that by the very definition, you can't rape your spouse," he said, according to The Daily Beast. "You cannot rape your spouse. And there's very clear case law."In addition to the Trump campaign's <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-responds-to-rape-story-2015-7">pushback on the report</a> as "old news," Trump's ex-wife also came to his defense. Ivana Trump, who reportedly made the "rape" comment during the 1990s divorce case, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/politics/donald-trump-adviser-michael-cohen-rape/index.html">issued a statement</a> to CNN saying the report "is totally without merit": "I have recently read some comments attributed to me from nearly 30 years ago at a time of very high tension during my divorce from Donald. The story is totally without merit. Donald and I are the best of friends and together have raised three children that we love and are very proud of. I have nothing but fondness for Donald and wish him the best of luck on his campaign. Incidentally, I think he would make an incredible president."For its part, The Daily Beast didn't accept Cohen's apology, and the outlet argued in <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2015/07/28/trump-lawyer-gives-rape-non-apology.html">an unsigned post Tuesday</a> that his statement to CNN was too vague."Cohen did not say what statement he is referring to, nor that he was factually wrong in saying the law doesn't recognize spousal rape, which it has since 1984 in New York, where the Trumps were married," the outlet wrote. "Furthermore, Cohen did not apologize for calling Daily Beast reporter Tim Mak an 'idiot,' threatening to end his career, take 'every penny,' and do something 'f- disgusting' to him."Cohen and Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to requests from Business Insider for comment. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/sharks-spotted-coast-england-2015-7">People were baffled by 50 sharks circling in shallow waters off the English coast</a></h3> <div> <div> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="R1c2tjdjrwFAGrHUqd0W71KfHPLzHONw" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> </div> </div> </div>

Donald Trump adviser apologizes after saying 'you cannot rape your spouse' while raging at a reporter

The Emirati regime spends <a href="http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/05/08/what-countries-spent-the-most-to-influence-the-usa-in-2013/">millions of dollars on its image in the United States</a>. With the government keen to highlight its support for the US campaign against ISIS, it packaged the story about Major Mariam Al Mansouri story perfectly for American media. 
<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/25/world/meast/uae-female-fighter-pilot/index.html">CNN was brought in to interview Al Mansouri</a> on the ground, and the UAE's <a href="http://www.wam.ae/en/home.html">government media agency</a> was there to take and distribute those iconic waving and thumbs-up photos to news outlets. But what you won't find mentioned in many of the <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/25/world/meast/uae-female-fighter-pilot/">gushing media stories</a> is any reference to the true state of women's rights in the UAE.
While glamorized in American <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/may/18/sex-and-the-city-2-abu-dhabi">films</a> and <a href="http://vimeo.com/36610468">music videos</a>, is a country where husbands are <a href="http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/united-arab-emirates?page=3%20">permitted to beat their wives</a>. There is no legal recourse for marital rape, and the UAE <a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/01/29/dubais-shameful-record-rape">has imprisoned victims</a> who report rape to authorities - <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/alicia-gali-jailed-in-the-uae/">including Western tourists</a>. 

Horror stories from Western tourists have put a dent in that image. <a href="http://www.mamamia.com.au/news/alicia-gali-jailed-in-the-uae/">An Australian woman</a> who reported a gang rape to police says she spent 8 months in prison, and British and Norwegian citizens <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/fighting-words/we-should-boycott-dubai-until-it-revises-its-rape-laws-1355905">have reportedly received similar treatment</a>.
Prosecutors charge these women for engaging in extra-marital sex, claiming they have no proof the sexual violence they report was non-consensual. According to Human Rights Watch, even Western governments sometimes turn a blind eye to this.
"The UAE is very good at exerting its strategic and economic importance to ensure that its numerous allies in the West don't raise objections, even when their citizens are mistreated," <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/witw/articles/2013/07/30/dubai-s-progressive-charade.html">McGeehan said</a>.
The country's treatment of migrant workers, particularly <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/28/middle-east-failing-protect-domestic-workers">female domestic servants</a>, has been compared to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/series/modern-day-slavery-in-focus+world/united-arab-emirates">modern-day slavery</a>. <a href="http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/28/middle-east-failing-protect-domestic-workers">Many of these workers suffer</a> physical violence, sexual abuse, passport confiscation, restrictions on mobility and communications, and even death while trying to escape, according to Human Rights Watch.

Despite Its Badass Female Pilot, The UAE Is Actually Terrible On Women's Rights

<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"></div></div>Donald Trump's presidential campaign team fired back Monday night after the Daily Beast <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html">published an explosive story</a> highlighting decades-old comments Trump's ex-wife made where she used the word "rape" to describe one of their sexual encounters.Ivana Trump later clarified that she didn't mean the term in a "a literal or criminal sense," but rather in an emotional sense.A spokesperson for Trump, who is currently a frontrunner in many polls of the Republican primary, provided a statement to Business Insider claiming the incident was "old news and it never happened." They also claimed Trump's ex-wife, Ivana Trump, made up the "rape" allegation as part of an effort to "exploit" him during their early 90's divorce proceedings. "This is an event that has been widely reported on in the past, it is old news and it never happened," the Trump spokesperson said. "It is a standard lawyer technique, which was used to exploit more money from Mr. Trump especially since he had an ironclad prenuptial agreement."Ivana Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider on Monday evening.The "rape" story first surfaced in the 1993 book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Tycoon-Lives-Donald-Trump/dp/0393030296">"Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump,"</a> which was written by former Newsweek and Texas Monthly Reporter Harry Hurt III. In that book, Hurt wrote Ivana <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html">described a "violent assault" in a deposition that was part of the divorce proceedings</a> and further added that she told "some of her closest confidantes" she was "raped" by Trump.When Hurt's book was published, Trump and his lawyers provided a statement from Ivana that was <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html">included on the first page of the biography</a>. Trump and Ivana had <a href="http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-03-25/features/1991084035_1_ivana-trump-donald-and-ivana-divorce-settlement">reached a $14 million cash divorce settlement</a> two years earlier in 1991. "During a deposition given by me in connection with my matrimonial case, I stated that my husband had raped me," Ivana Trump's statement said. "[O]n one occasion during 1989, Mr. Trump and I had marital relations in which he behaved very differently toward me than he had during our marriage. As a woman, I felt violated, as the love and tenderness, which he normally exhibited towards me, was absent. I referred to this as a 'rape,' but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense."In a 1993 <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html">interview with Newsday</a> Trump said the story that appeared in Hurt's book was "obviously false."Along with claiming the "rape" incident "never happened" and was merely an attempt by Ivana to "exploit" Trump in their divorce, the Trump campaign spokesperson also slammed the Daily Beast in the statement they provided to Business Insider on Monday. "It is just a way for the badly failing and money-losing Daily Beast, which has been reporting inaccurately on Mr. Trump for years, to get some publicity for itself," the Trump spokesperson said. The Daily Beast's initial story on the "rape" allegation included Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, claiming that legally "you cannot rape your spouse." This is incorrect. According to the Daily Beast, Cohen <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/27/ex-wife-donald-trump-made-feel-violated-during-sex.html">also threatened the site's reporters with legal action</a> if they published a story on the accusations."I will make sure that you and I meet one day while we're in the courthouse. And I will take you for every penny you still don't have. And I will come after your Daily Beast and everybody else that you possibly know," Cohen said. "So I'm warning you, tread very fucking lightly, because what I'm going to do to you is going to be fucking disgusting. You understand me?"Business Insider reached out to the Daily Beast's executive editor, Noah Shachtman, who provided a series of questions he has for the Trump campaign including whether they have any examples of his site reporting incorrectly on Trump."Did they actually provide any examples of those inaccuracies or are their media critiques as busted as their legal interpretations?" Shachtman asked. Shachtman also questioned Cohen's behavior and whether Trump shares his attorney's views on rape. "I'd like to know if Mr. Trump also feels that marital rape is not a crime. ... We stand by our reporting," Shachtman said, before adding, "If this was such old, nothing news why is the Trump campaign moving so aggressively to squash it? Why did they threaten our reporter? And also, if Mr. Trump actually makes his way to the White House, the kind of intimidation tactics that Mr. Cohen displayed tonight, would he consider those to be the norm for his administration? 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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div>The far right wants to ditch the big tech platforms online, but that's turning out to be harder than it seems.Over the past several months, many of the right-wing social-media personalities who attracted audiences on traditional platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have suggested moving to new platforms as a form of protest against what they view as social-media censorship by liberal tech companies.But many have hesitated to abandon those traditional platforms that have helped elevate them from obscurity into the political discourse.<h2>YouTube</h2>In recent months, tech companies have faced tremendous pressure to pull the plug on sites, users, and threads that espouse bigotry and discriminatory speech.Ahead of the violent white-supremacist rally last month in Charlottesville, Virginia, Airbnb <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/08/08/airbnb-boots-white-nationalists-headed-unite-right-rally-charlottesville/wqDgrfZ0MwlcjBAyj8L8ZI/story.html">suspended the accounts</a> of attendees who were trying to book apartments and houses in the area.The longtime neo-Nazi website Stormfront shut down after it was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/29/stormfront-neo-nazi-hate-site-murder-internet-pulled-offline-web-com-civil-rights-action">kicked off its domain</a> by its domain registrar, and The Daily Stormer, another neo-Nazi site, continues to <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/newswires/news/world/austrian-domain-registry-doesn-daily-stormer-article-1.3487032">hop among</a> internet hosts in hopes that one will not reject it.Discord, a group-chat site similar to <a href="https://slack.com/">Slack</a> but geared toward gamers, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/15/technology/discord-chat-app-alt-right.html?mcubz=0&amp;_r=2">barred several</a> of the largest communities of the so-called alt-right that had been using the platform to chat, sometimes anonymously, and organize activities like carpooling to the Charlottesville rally.But the main front in the battle between the far right and tech platforms has been waged on YouTube.The far right has been engaged in a vocal battle with YouTube since August, when the platform began cracking down on many prominent figures who have used it to build their audiences.Dubbed the "<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/magazine/for-the-new-far-right-youtube-has-become-the-new-talk-radio.html?mcubz=1">new talk radio</a>" for the right by The New York Times Magazine, YouTube has become the preferred social-media outlet for many of these figures, who have posted video manifestos about sealing off borders, tightly edited rants about global conspiracies, and stunts trolling liberals and responding to online critics.Horrified to find their ads placed in front of videos espousing wild conspiracy theories or racially tinged political rants, major advertisers successfully pressured YouTube in August to <a href="https://digiday.com/media/advertisers-may-have-returned-to-youtube-but-creators-are-still-losing-out-on-revenue/">change its monetization policies</a>, curbing spending to accounts that were flagged as offensive, because they didn't bring in significant advertising revenue for the site.The move affected several popular right-wing YouTube vloggers, who quickly blasted the platform's decision to declare offensive materials "limited state," meaning the video cannot be recommended or monetized, or <a href="http://gizmodo.com/youtube-has-a-new-naughty-corner-for-controversial-reli-1797429910">receive comments or likes</a>.Lauren Southern, the Canadian far-right personality who has more than 345,000 YouTube subscribers and is <a href="https://news.vice.com/story/lauren-southern-is-the-alt-rights-not-so-secret-weapon">known for highly controversial stunts</a> like faking a gender transition and confronting progressive protesters, said she was <a href="https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/901852196534456321">exploring a jump</a> to platforms like Minds and BitChute, a peer-to-peer torrenting platform, in response to the decision.Luke Rudkowski, who leads an organization that <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2015/we-are-changes-la-leader-belies-groups-moderate-image">perpetuates</a> 9/11 and New World Order conspiracy theories and has almost half a million YouTube subscribers, said the far right was witnessing "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOkeJo2Tye8&amp;app=desktop">the beginning of the YouTube purge</a>" that would result in the "end times of this beautiful and amazing platform."After he said earlier this month that YouTube had demonetized his videos, Rudkowski said he would channel his efforts into Steemit, a Reddit-style social-media site that allows popular users to earn cryptocurrency, but <a href="https://twitter.com/Lukewearechange/status/895285993263300609">noted it would be difficult</a> to persuade his subscribers to leave the platform."This sucks, but I'll figure something out," he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOkeJo2Tye8&amp;app=desktop">said</a> after urging users to join <a href="https://steemit.com/@lukewearechange">his Steemit channel</a>.Other users have begun trying to build followings on YouTube alternatives, but they seem to have persuaded only a fraction of their audiences to follow their videos.Last month, the Infowars conspiracy theorist and vlogger Paul Joseph Watson called on his supporters to follow him to BitChute.And while he has posted his videos on both YouTube and BitChute, those that have racked up hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube haven't gotten more than a few thousand views apiece on BitChute."Is it worth it? Should we just stick to the big dominant forums, or should we actually start moving our content over, at least giving BitChute the exclusive first upload on the video?" Watson said during a Q&amp;A <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S1Zf5MzhOU">shared on his YouTube page</a>.In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8HJrr4-7B8">a separate video</a> in which he suggested he may leave YouTube, he acknowledged that there was "no competition to YouTube," saying he needed "to seriously think about whether it's worth investing hundreds and hundreds of hours of my time every year into something that could just completely disappear when I wake up tomorrow morning."Watson has seemed to have better luck on Minds, a secure social network launched in 2015 with the support of some of the activist collective Anonymous, where he has racked up over 1.2 million total views and close to 70,000 subscribers.But if that app's purpose is to partially financially support users, his popularity hasn't appeared to translate to serious money - the app, which lets you send digital cash, said Watson <a href="https://www.minds.com/PaulJosephWatson">had received $0</a> in the past 30 days.<h2>Gab</h2>Other platforms have marketed themselves as havens for the far right but have struggled to attract influencers in that sphere willing to dedicate significant amounts of time or content to the platform.Founded by a supporter of President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/tucker-carlson-gab-hate-speech/">who was kicked out</a> of the startup incubator Y Combinator's alumni network over allegations of harassment, the Reddit-style social network Gab has advertised itself as a platform for unregulated free speech. It has wooed <a href="https://www.startengine.com/gab">just under 200,000 users</a> by hosting influential figures booted from other platforms.The Fox <keyword id="6355005" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="News">News</keyword> host Tucker Carlson <a href="https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/09/05/tucker-carlson-defends-gab-social-media-app-dubbed-haven-white-nationalists/217848">mentioned Gab</a> earlier this month, citing Milo Yiannopoulos, the former Breitbart News provocateur, as an example of an influencer who had joined the social-networking site since being kicked off Twitter.But Yiannopoulos' activity on Gab appears perfunctory - he has posted fewer than 10 times in the past month, almost exclusively urging people to join Gab and explaining how it works. Meanwhile, he continues to share memes, videos, and links multiple times a day on his Facebook account.Yiannopoulos isn't the only major right-wing pundit who has largely avoided the platform.Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip who's also a Trump supporter, hasn't posted on the site in nearly a year. Neither has Southern. Gavin McInnes, the leader of the self-proclaimed "Western chauvinists" group Proud Boys, hasn't posted on the site in 10 months.Mike Cernovich, who is known for his embrace of wild conspiracies and his occasional scoops on major news stories, hasn't posted on Gab in two months. Michael Flynn Jr., the son of Trump's former national security adviser, has posted on Gab 40 times since joining 10 months ago - about the same number of times he has tweeted this month alone.Other users say Gab hasn't taken enough action to stop the spread of defamatory content.Theodore Beale, the science-fiction writer and marital rape <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/26/the-hugo-awards-george-rr-martin-vox-day-and-alastair-reynolds-on-the-prizes-future">opiner</a> who is better known as Vox Day, said in November that Gab was his "<a href="https://twitter.com/voxday/status/793814535874445312">primary social media outlet</a>," predicting his number of followers on Gab would soon surpass that on Twitter. In August, Beale, who tried to launch an <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/10/10/anti-thought-police-infogalactic-launches-as-wikipedia-alternative/">alternative to Wikipedia</a>, said Gab <a href="https://twitter.com/voxday/status/899302696200675328">would replace Twitter</a>.But this month, after saying he had asked Gab's founders to increase moderation of what he described as <a href="https://twitter.com/voxday/status/910058178938884096">defamatory content</a>, he announced he would again lean on Twitter.At the time, Beale had barely more than half the followers he maintained on Twitter.The chat site doesn't see the inconsistency of far-right celebrities as a serious issue.Utsav Sanduja, Gab's chief operating officer, said the platform was a relatively young social network with only four employees and would soon be adding features like monetization, tipping, and a cryptocurrency."We aren't backed by billionaires, venture capitalists, or people connected to Hollywood," Sanduja said. "So we were under no illusion that we were going to No. 1 overnight."He also said Gab didn't need to woo social-media influencers because it hoped to create its own."We're not so much trying to poach people," Sanduja said. "We're trying to create our own people. We've already created micro-celebrities."Though its site ranking <a href="https://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gab.ai">has leveled off</a>, according to Amazon's Alexa web analytics, Gab has also increasingly faced outside pressure.This week, the social chat site posted a letter it received from its domain registrar saying it would seize the domain in five days if the site didn't find a new host, and that Gab had violated hate-speech laws in Australia, where the site is registered.Weeks earlier, Google kicked Gab off of its Google Play Store because it said it violated its "hate-speech policy." Apple also refused to host the mobile version of the app, saying the platform hosted "<a href="http://gizmodo.com/gab-ceo-andrew-torba-is-mad-online-1793502299">defamatory or mean-spirited content</a>."Gab has sued Google - an action the tech giant described as baseless."In order to be on the Play Store, social networking apps need to demonstrate a sufficient level of moderation, including for content that encourages violence and advocates hate against groups of people," <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/gab-domain-name-lose-2017-9">Google said</a>. "This developer is welcome to appeal the suspension if they've addressed the policy violations and are compliant with our Developer Program Policies."<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"></div></div></div><h2>'If my friend Joe is on Twitter but not on Gab, I'm not going to have as much fun bashing liberals on Gab without him'</h2>It hasn't been difficult to understand why supporters of pro-Trump <keyword id="6354777" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Media">media</keyword> haven't immigrated en masse to alternative media platforms.<a href="https://twitter.com/jeffhemsley?lang=en">Jeff Hemsley</a>, a professor at Syracuse who's a coauthor of the book "Going Viral," said many social-media followers were casual users and didn't want to bother moving to a new platform to follow just one or two people, adding that "network effects" boosted the popularity of platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube."Many are platform lurkers, doing more reading, browsing, and liking than any posting on their own, so they are probably not very strongly engaged with the pundits," Hemsley said."Perhaps conversations on Twitter put them in touch with many others," he said. "If my friend Joe is on Twitter but not on Gab, I'm not going to have as much fun bashing liberals on Gab without him. So some large percentage of my 'friends' would have to switch for it to be valuable for me."He also pointed out a problem confronting many on the far right: Isolating themselves on friendly platforms tends to create an echo-chamber effect that pleases the fringes but doesn't let them troll and interact with mainstream media and political figures."On Twitter, you have both left and right, so arguments and insults fly both ways," Hemsley said in an email. "A lot of folks are engaged in that because they LIKE to stir things up. That is fun for them. If there are no liberals on Gab, there is no one for right-wingers to pick a fight with."So Gab must actually be kind of a dull place, since everyone is standing around bashing people who aren't listening to them."Some on the right have made clear their reservations about switching away from traditional platforms.In a message with Business Insider, Cernovich said that moving platforms was a "huge risk," adding that any new platform would "need to make it worth my while" to spend time on it, where he wouldn't have hundreds of thousands of followers, as he has on Twitter."How do I know Gab won't be kicked off of its domain, as that almost happened last week?" Cernovich said.He added: "Viewers and readers don't like switching platforms. I've even struggled to build up my YouTube page. I figured all of my Twitter and Periscope followers would go there. Wrong. 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