Online Abuse
Alex Jones's Second Defamation Trial Over Sandy Hook Begins. He Could Lose Even Bigger This Time.
Jones’s second trial brought by families of victims of the Sandy Hook shooting is in Connecticut, just miles from where the tragedy occurred in 2012.
All Rise, The TikTok Courtroom Of Amber Heard And Johnny Depp Is Now In Session
People seem to be forgetting that there are two real people in the midst of this who are having to relive the worst parts of their relationship.
Listen: How Do I Tell My New Partner I’m A Sex Worker?
“To be 1000% clear here, your partner absolutely does not have a right to ask you to stop doing sex work. Nor does he have the right to denigrate you or denigrate the labor you do.”
These Women Are Only On Facebook For The Groups
Private Facebook groups have been a respite from online toxicity, even as the social media giant continues to suck at combating misinformation and abuse.
Twitter Just Removed A Tweet From An Account Linked To Iran’s Supreme Leader, Raising Enforcement Questions
Twitter has previously used a newsworthiness standard to defend its refusal to apply abuse and harassment rules to President Donald Trump’s account.
A Man Sent 1,000 Men Expecting Sex And Drugs To His Ex-Boyfriend Using Grindr, A Lawsuit Says
“It was like an episode of Black Mirror,” said Matthew Herrick, whose high-profile lawsuit alleges that Grindr looked the other way while his ex-boyfriend tormented him.
A Japanese Blogger Was Stabbed To Death After Giving A Lecture About Online Abuse
Kenichiro Okamoto, 41, was allegedly killed by an internet troll he had feuded with online after giving a talk Sunday night on how to deal with online disputes.
Five Questions We Have About Twitter’s New “Health” Plan
Twitter finally seems to be coming to grips with the extent of its problems.
Twitter Temporarily Locked Sheriff David Clarke's Account Over A Violent Tweet
The top Trump supporter and former Milwaukee sheriff got sent to Twitter time-out.
Labour Says It Would Consider Changing The Law To Help Remove Online Hate Speech
After a BuzzFeed News exclusive revealing British police forces have tried and failed to get hate blogs taken down, the shadow digital secretary Tom Watson said action is needed on the issue.
Police Are Struggling To Get Racist, Threatening Blog Posts Taken Down Despite Complaints
BuzzFeed News has seen correspondence between victims of abuse and multiple police forces that admitted there was little they could do force WordPress to remove offensive content.
Rishi Kapoor: The Casteist, Khandaani, Besharam Boy Of Bollywood
Why I, a female Dalit meme-maker, got an abusive message from the patriarch of Bollywood's largest dynasty.
This Is What The Twitter Abuse Of Politicians During The Election Really Looked Like
An analysis by the University of Sheffield and BuzzFeed News of over 800,000 tweets offers a snapshot of the abuse sent to politicians.
Twitter Will Start Using Algorithms To Crack Down On Abusive Accounts
Don't repeatedly tweet "without solicitation at non-followers" or the machines will get you.
This Is What It's Like To Be The Victim Of A Neo-Nazi Troll
Three people targeted by Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who was recently convicted of racially aggravated harassment, have called for police to gain more expertise and consistency in dealing with online hate crimes.
Yvette Cooper Says It's "Not OK" For John McDonnell To Say A Female MP Should Be Lynched
The shadow chancellor denies making the comment himself, but did say that "sometimes you need to express honest anger".
Yvette Cooper Has Received Death Threats Against Her Children
The senior Labour MP has reported the incident to police after being targeted on Twitter.
Half Of "Misogynistic Abuse" On Twitter Comes From Women, Study Argues
Research for the Reclaim the Internet campaign defined misogynistic tweets as those containing the words "slut" or "whore".
Trolls Who Impersonate Others Online Could Face Jail, Prosecutors Warn
New draft guidelines from the Crown Prosecution Service said that posing as someone else online and publishing damaging information could be a criminal offence.
Congresswoman Who Sponsored Anti-Swatting Bill Gets Swatted
"No mother should have to answer the door to the police in the middle of the night and fear for her family’s safety simply because an anonymous person disagrees with her."
This Site Is Trying To Combat Online Harassment Of Women
Heartmob aims to help women document and flag abuse.
A Woman Has Been Banned From Facebook After Sharing The Abusive Messages She Was Sent By Men
UPDATE: The suspension has been lifted.
These Twitter Bots Not Only Detect Online Misogyny, But Stage An Intervention
Introducing Operation #ZeroTrollerance.
Women On Twitter Can Now Fill Out A Form To Report Online Harassment
Women, Action and the Media have teamed up with Twitter to address online harassment of women.
Turns Out It's Pretty Hard To Shut Down Jihadi Twitter
The Counter Extremism Project is struggling in its bid to clamp down on extremist chatter online — because of the wily nature of its targets, and also because of Twitter itself.
