April 03, 2017

Twitter users hit out at confusing revamp of @ mentions

Twitter ignores users' calls to tackle abuse to roll out confusing change to replies that make it more difficult to see who you're talking to

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March 30, 2017

News in brief: tech firms ‘must do more’ on terror; data breaches shoot up; gloom at toxic online spaces

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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March 02, 2017

News in brief: AI boost to video streaming; Mayer loses bonus; move to tackle comment trolls

Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news

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February 24, 2017

Google uses AI to create troll-spotting tool to clean up comments

Google uses machine learning to teach troll-spotting bot how to identify 'toxic' comments

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December 23, 2016

Vice is the latest site to call it a day on comments

The ranks of publications sick of donning hazmat suits to clean up hate speech, threats, comment spam and malicious links keep swelling.

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December 02, 2016

Would Facebook or Twitter dare to ban Trump? [Poll]

Facebook employees have already reportedly pushed to have his posts about banning Muslims from entering the country deemed hate speech.

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October 19, 2016

3 things you might not realize are cybercrimes

Did you realize that guessing somebody's password (or, at least, using it to access an account without permission) is a crime?

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October 10, 2016

Cyberbullies could be jailed in the UK for ruining people’s lives

According to new guidance for prosecutors, being “grossly abusive” to people will lead to the same prosecution as if it were done offline.

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August 25, 2016

Ghostbusters star’s website defaced with racist and explicit images

Leslie Jones, star of the recent Ghostbusters film, has found herself the victim of another racist online attack.

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