July 29, 2019

Three quarters of gamers suffer hate and harassment online

Trolling, stalking, sexual harassment, and humiliation have become so bad that one in ten respondents had depressive or suicidal thoughts.

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October 28, 2015

SXSW turns tail and runs, nixing panels on harassment

The festival bowed down to the hecklers, copping out after receiving multiple threats of violence.

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July 24, 2015

Privacy and targeting are among new video controls for Facebook Pages

Now, video uploaders can discriminate - or is it target-market? - based not only on language and location, but also on gender and age.

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June 12, 2015

Twitter’s block list export to enable 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.

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May 15, 2015

Reddit to crack down on online harassment

Reddit has vowed to take a more active role in protecting its members from personal attacks and online harassment.

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February 10, 2015

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.

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January 20, 2015

Gamergate target Zoe Quinn launches network to battle online harassment

Crash Override pre-emptively warns would-be swatting victims and has gotten one police department to knock with hands, not boots.

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January 06, 2015

GamerGate critic ‘swatted’, about 20 cops go to old address

Police responded to reports of an armed man holding multiple hostages at what the swatter thought was the address of a female game developer.

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