Twitter Has New Rules for Violent and Sexual Content
Twitter’s downward spiral into a platform where abuse thrives has been well-documented over the years, but harassment…
Trump's Pointless, Racist Anti-Immigration Hotline Is Outing Domestic Violence Survivors to Their Abusers
President Trump’s effort to track and prevent violence from undocumented immigrants has instead become a nightmare for…
Twitter Finally Rolls Out Obvious Anti-Harassment Feature
Twitter is finally rolling out the ability to mute keywords and threads. Being able to mute pre-selected keywords from…
Nursing Home Workers Are Posting Naked Photos of Residents on Snapchat
Nursing home workers across the country are posting embarrassing and dehumanizing photos of elderly residents on social…
A "No Harassing" Policy Won't Fix Reddit's Toxic Culture
Every social network has a different personality, and Reddit has long been the leering uncle who occasionally gives you…
This Is the Revenge Porn Law We Need in America
The United States has been waiting too long for federal law banning revenge porn. The wait will be over soon. In…
Twitter's CEO: "We Suck at Dealing With Abuse and There's No Excuse"
Twitter's long had a problem with trolls hurling abuse and harassing other users. Now, its CEO Dick Costolo has…
Google Announces Massive New Restrictions on Child Abuse Search Terms
Following no small amount of pressure from the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron, Google has announced a new initiative…
How Batman helped a cartoonist through a violent childhood trauma
Dean Trippe's comic Something Terrible is a deeply personal account of his experiences following a childhood trauma,…
Chinese Worker Group Reports New Wave of Abuse at Apple Suppliers
A report from New York-based China Labor Watch has raised concerns over a new wave of worker abuse among Apple…
Samsung Denies New Claims of Underage Workers In Its Supplier Plants
Following allegations that a Samsung supplier used child labor in its factories, and an audit by Samsung which turned…
Samsung Audit: No Child Labor, But So Many Other Problems
After a a Chinese labor watchdog fingered Samsung with child labor allegations, the company set to auditing its entire…
Report: Worker Abuse and Underage Employment at Six More Samsung Factories
Another report from a Chinese labor watchdog suggests that reports of Samsung's underage and abused workforce weren't a…
Should Online Dating Sites Prevent Users From Naming Abusers?
Earlier this week, Tracy Clark-Flory published an article on Salon about allegations of assault in the BDSM community,…
Facebook Lets You Turn to Friends to Handle Harassment
Until now, the only way to report Facebook abuse was to Facebook. Now they're letting you take matters into your own…
The Agonizing Last Words of Programmer Bill Zeller
Bill Zeller was a talented programmer whose work we’ve featured on Lifehacker. He took his own life on Sunday and left…
Foxconn Guards Allegedly Beat Up Workers On Tape
The stories coming out of Chinese gadget manufacturer Foxconn keep getting worse. Now, there's a video clip floating…
Tsera Sues Apple, Microsoft... Everyone Else For Touchpad Tech
An obscure company has filed suit in a patent infringement-friendly Texas district against Apple and several other…
Innocent Little Pleo Endures Cruel Domestic Abuse
The guys over at DVICE decided that it would be a good idea to abuse the poor little Pleo robo-dinosaur companion by…