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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.
Google reaches settlement with troll victim
Three years after first discovering some 3,600 abusive, defamatory postings online, a UK businessman has settled with Google to get search results taken down. 
Jailed Twitter troll: ‘It was disgusting what I did’
A woman who was sentenced to 12 weeks in jail for sending abusive tweets to journalist Caroline Criado-Perez has spoken of her regret over the abuse she dished out on Twitter.
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. 