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. 
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How to kill a troll
A new Pew study confirms what we already know: online harassment is a widespread disease afflicting the internet. Ignoring trolls and hoping they’ll go away is actually quite effective, survey respondents said. Then again, how about fighting back, instead? Change is possible, be it enabled by troll-blocking software, societal shift that sees trolling evolve into a stigma, or, if all else fails, calling their mothers. 
UK considering imprisoning ‘cowardly, venomous trolls’ for up to 2 years
Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said that new laws would quadruple the current maximum six-month term and show his determination to “take a stand against a baying cyber-mob”. 
Revenge porn hits two high profile boyfriends where it hurts
Former NSA analyst and vocal NSA supporter John Schindler had his pink parts exposed by a lover in an extramarital affair, and a state representative’s chief of staff was outed by a porn star ex-girlfriend and subsequently resigned. Revenge porn might typically target women, but these cases clearly show that we’re all vulnerable when it comes to sharing explicit content. 