Tag: Online Abuse

UK Man Gets Five Years for Online Abuse Campaign

13 September 2021

A Nottingham man has been sentenced to more than five years behind bars after blackmailing and harassing several women, according to the …
Despite bans, Giphy still hosts self-harm, hate speech, and child sex abuse content

15 November 2019

Despite a ban on self-harm content, researchers found numerous keywords and search terms to find the banned content. We have blurred this …
Microsoft lets Xbox users censor what messages they see

16 October 2019

Xbox gamers: fed up with seeing profanity in messages from other …
‘Sick sadist’ admits to trolling dead people on social media

3 September 2018

Yes, said a 38-year-old troll in the UK: he does deserve jail time, admitting to making Facebook posts falsely calling a tragically killed …
MP gets 600 rape threats in a night, wants an end to online anonymity

13 June 2018

Two years ago, Jess Phillips, Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley, joined others to launch #Recl@im the Internet: a campaign based on the …
Thought you’d blocked a Twitter user? Here’s how they can still dogpile you

7 September 2017

Have you blocked abusive Twitter users? Well, good luck with that. Read full news article on Naked Security
Twitter says it’s cracking down on the abuse – but is it?

21 July 2017

Twitter’s internal numbers show it’s getting better at fighting abuse on the platform. On Thursday, Ed Ho, general manager of Twitter’s Consumer Product and Engineering department, posted some top-line statistics regarding the impact of the company’s latest anti-abuse efforts. Read full news article on Naked Security
Whose job is it to keep us safe from online harassment?

14 July 2017

A new report has found that 41% of Americans have personally experienced online harassment, 66% have seen it directed to others, and 62% consider it a major problem. The Pew Research Center survey of 4,248 US adults shows that the number has crept up since the center last did a study of this type in…

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