Two men are being held without bail after they allegedly made threats on Facebook promising violence against attendees of the Pokémon World Championships.
Tag Archives: cyber bullying
Stop Abuse Online site launches to help tackle cyberbullying
The new website, launched by the UK government provides advice and support for women and LGBT online abuse victims.
Reddit to crack down on online harassment
Reddit has vowed to take a more active role in protecting its members from personal attacks and online harassment.
Twitter’s new anti-abuse filter hides harassing tweets from your mentions
Twitter has introduced a new feature that could block abusive and threatening tweets before they are even seen by victims.
Twitter’s new “threats, abusive language” filter has its restrictions
The quality filter will only be available on iOS verified user accounts for now, leaving unverified users left to confront the same old garbage and abuse in their notifications. 
Which social network is the worst for bullying? [POLL]
This week is Anti-Bullying Week in the UK, coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance. We’d like to know which social network you think is the worst for bullying, and you could even win a T-shirt as a way of us saying thanks.
Snapchat escapes Australian cyberbullying crackdown, for now
Australia’s cyberbullying crackdown won’t see the country putting any legal muscle into forcing “smaller” social media firms like Snapchat to take down harassing content, a Parliament spokesman said on Tuesday. 
Twitter glitch makes it more difficult to report abuse, while “mute” is on its way
It’s supposed to be fixed soon, but in the meantime, trolls’ favorite targets are once again suffering the typical onslaught. On the plus side, Twitter on Monday also said it would be offering a “mute” function – the same thing it tried to do in December, but this time around, it seems to be doing it right. 