Anonymity
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A New Harassment Policy for Twitter
Article This article describes Twitter's 2014 response to targeted harassment on their site. This response included an easier way for users to manage...
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Changes to Facebook’s "Real Names" Policy Still Don’t Fix the Problem
Article In this article, the authors discuss changes Facebook made to its "real names policy." The real names policy required Facebook users...
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Cyberbullying in the workplace: 'I became paranoid'
Article In this article, two instances of workplace cyberbullying are profiled. The article notes that the blurred line between work life...
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Cyberbullying: what it is and how to avoid it
Article This article on cyberbullying describes what it is, its effects, how parents can talk about cyberbullying with their children, and practical tips...
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Everything is GamerGate
Article This compilation of reflections places the GamerGate campaign in context with other current events. GamerGate was an online harassment campaign targeted initially at...
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From Anon to Alt-Right: The Dangerous Tricksters of 4chan
Article In this article, Joanne McNeil outlines how 4Chan's activist arm "Anon" moved evolved from genuine, albeit avant-garde, activism to a breeding...
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GamerGate's Archvillain Is Really A Trolling Sketch Comedian
Article This article tells the story of Jan Rankowski, an Internet satiritst and comedian. Rankowski experienced harassment after he posted a video satirizing "GamerGaters"...
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Google Plus Finally Gives Up on Its Ineffective, Dangerous Real-Name Policy
Article This article celebrates Google Plus's riddance of a policy that required users to use their real names with their Google Plus...
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How Dangerous is Cyberbullying?
Article In this article, George Beall describes the current state of cyberbullying. The article includes who is being cyberbullied, motivations for cyberbullying,...
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Reconsidering Anonymity in the Age of Narcissism
Article In this article, Gabriella Coleman reflects on the importance of anonymity and how it is almost impossible on the Internet...
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Reddit cracks down on abuse as CEO apologizes for trolling the trolls
Article This article describes how user trust in Reddit was compromised when the CEO used his admin access privilege to tamper with comments on r/the_donald....
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Reddit Troll Ban Helped Cut Hateful Speech
Article This article discusses the results of a quasi-experiment on the effect of hate speech on Reddit after the banning of two subreddits full of...
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“Repugnant” online discussions are not illegal thoughtcrime, court rules
Article This article describes a court ruling about disturbing sexual fantasies posted online. A US Federal Court of Appeals ruled that it is...
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The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate
Article This article discusses how the GamerGate controversy fits in with the cultural context of the culture wars at large. After a...
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The shock and pain of cyber-bullying
Article This article describes how cyberbullying can affect a family from two different perspectives: first, from the perspective of the family who lost...
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The Trolls Are Winning the Internet, Technologists Say
Article In this article, Adrienne LaFrance describes how Internet trolls shape discourse online. LaFrance notes that the current solutions will push...
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This researcher programmed bots to fight racism on Twitter. It worked.
Article In this article, Kevin Munger describes an experiment he performed on Twitter to attempt to discourage users from using harassing...
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We Are Legion - The Story of the Hacktivists
Video In this video clip from the documentary "We Are Legion," 4Chan's influence on Internet culture and trolling is described. The impact...
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Who Spewed That Abuse? Anonymous Yik Yak App Isn’t Telling
Article This article discusses the social media app Yik Yak. The article discusses how Yik Yak was founded on the principles of...