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Tag Archives: trolls
Reddit CEO goes in search of values for the crisis-hit community
Want to rant, vent, or dialogue with the new CEO? Take a deep breath: he’s doing an Ask Me Anything session. Saints, have mercy on his soul. 
Twitter’s new ‘Block Together’ enables en masse blocking of trolls
The new Twitter tool is meant to enable communities to share lists of problem accounts instead of having to pick them off one by one.
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.
New algorithm could auto-squash trolls
Researchers have come up with a tool that spots troll behaviour and low readability 80% of the time. That’s 20% “oops.” Worth it?
Twitter threatens revenge porn posters with account locking and suspension
Twitter says it will lock accounts of users who post intimate content without subjects’ permission, until the offending material’s deleted, and might suspend accounts if the intent is harassment.
Twitter troll fired, another suspended after Curt Schilling names and shames them
Within 1 hour of the online onslaught against his daughter, the former Red Sox pitcher had published tormentors’ names and backgrounds. One was suspended, another lost his job, and others were kicked off school athletic teams. 
Gamer swatted while live-streaming on Twitch.TV
A gamer has been targeted by anonymous trolls in the middle of a Twitch stream of RuneScape. 
Twitter CEO admits: ‘We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls’
How the story of one Twitter troll motivated Dick Costolo to admit that the suckage has gone on for years, and it’s about time that it changed. 
WhatsApp revenge porn poster first to be jailed for the offence in the UK
An ex-boyfriend who swapped out his WhatsApp profile picture for a naked picture of his ex-girlfriend has been sentenced to 12 weeks in jail. Lucky for him, a proposed quadrupling of that maximum sentence to 2 years is still working its way through Parliament.