We Finally Have Some Hard Data on How Much Twitter Sucks
Nine months after Amnesty International called on Twitter to be more transparent about abuse on its platform, the…
Jack Dorsey Woos Irate Republicans by Calmly Explaining Twitter Is Indeed Fucked Up
At hearing before the House Energy & Commerce Committee, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addressed politicians’ concerns about…
Facebook Used an 'I Will Rape You' Image to Invite Users to Instagram
This is getting absolutely nuts. Just a week after Facebook got busted for allowing advertisers to target topics like…
Twitter Says It’s a Safer Place, But There’s No Hard Data to
Prove It
Twitter claims it has become a safer site thanks to all its anti-abuse efforts, but there’s no way to tell if that’s…
Study: The Internet Is Still Full of Assholes
A nationally-representative study on online harassment released by Pew Research today confirms what most of us already…
Discord Has a Child Porn Problem [Updated]
In February, Gizmodo reported that many Discord users were facing abuse and were given no clear recourse. Among the…
Why Instagram's Plans to Combat Online Harassment Won't Work on Twitter
Since the beginning of the internet, online harassment has been a problem. We created this big, beautiful digital…
A New Yahoo AI Can Detect Online Abuse, But Automation Isn't the Answer
Online harassment is a serious, but tough problem to try and solve. There is a need for a new system that can ease the…
Supreme Court: Online Threats Aren't a Crime Unless You Really Meant It
In a closely watched decision that weighs the protection of free speech against protecting people from online abuse,…
For Fuck's Sake, Twitter, Stop Allowing Hate Speech in Promoted Tweets
“Get a rope & hang yourself.” The tweets are wildly, flagrantly hateful. The kind of offensive language, in fact, that…
Twitter Is Testing a Product That'll Hunt Down Trollish Tweets
Twitter is well aware that it’s a breeding ground for online harassment and has done a terrible job stopping it, and…
What Makes You Block Someone?
People have varying thresholds of tolerance for putting up with ignorance, dickishness, and other crap online. What…
The Latest Twitter Update Tries To Address Doxxing
Doxxing, and the death threats and swatting that almost invariably follow, is one of the nastiest tools of internet…