trolls
How to treat a Twitter troll
A study looking for a remedy for abusive Twitter users reveals their psychology, and explains what their vitriol has in common with gang signs
The trouble with Twitter trolls
Anonymous web users were once welcomed by media sites. Today, Twitter is proving what a huge liability they have become.
The social media status quo isn’t working
The Editorial: Rage-filled mobs on social media poison the well for everyone
Everything you need to know about trolls
A review of Trolls: An Unnatural History
Twitter under pressure to monitor users after rape and death threats
How a campaign for Jane Austen summoned the trolls
Leave the trolls alone
Memo to Australia: No need for new laws to crack down on jerks
The final frontier of boorishness
Female gamers face harassment and contempt online
The final frontier of boorishness
Online anonymity breeds harassment and contempt for female video gamers
Tropes vs. Women: How misogynist trolls accidentally funded feminism
After telling of her harassment, a feminist video-blogger raised over $100,000
Magnotta’s motive is almost as disturbing as what he did
I am frightened by Luka Magnotta, but not because he is a suspected necrophiliac cannibal killer. He creeps me out because I can’t shake the suspicion that he doesn’t really like killing people and then violating their corpses. I fear that (if guilty), he did it just for the attention.
Toews feeds trolls
Fighting Anonymous is impossible by design, but it’s funny to Anonymous when someone tries
Ladies and trolls of the Internet
The web is home to violently sexist commentary that wouldn’t be tolerated elsewhere