Molly Russell’s grieving father has backed a psychiatrists’ report, saying that tech companies must be forced to hand over anonymized data.
Tag Archives: cyberbullying
Stalker found pop star by searching eyes’ reflections on Google Maps
A man confessed to stalking and attacking a young pop star by zooming in on the reflections in her eyes from selfies.
Deepfakes have doubled, overwhelmingly targeting women
Deepfake tech has push-button apps and service portals. Can code commodification do the same for detection, so women can actually afford it?
Is the era of social media Likes over?
Instagram’s testing a program to hide the Likes that have created a toxic cyberbullying environment. Now, Facebook is as well.
Instagram asks bullies, ‘Are you sure you want to say that?’
A new anti-bullying feature uses AI to recognize mean words in comments and warns users before they post them.
MP gets 600 rape threats in a night, wants an end to online anonymity
As a female MP Jess Phillips faces threats of violence and aggression every day.
Stop swearing on Skype! And don’t even think about sending that nude selfie…
Microsoft has banned nudity, swearing and other unsavoury behaviors in Skype, Xbox, email, and Office 365 docs.
Police: Stop posting pictures of your kids on social media!
Police in Germany created a viral hit by appealing to people to stop stripping children of their privacy.
Facebook unfriending was the last straw in workplace bullying case
Unfriending someone on Facebook can be “indicative of unreasonable behaviour”, a court found.
Cyberbullying is worse than face-to-face bullying, teens say
After all, cyberbullying can happen around the clock, it’s relentless, and it’s driven by crowd behaviour.