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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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"...

  4. 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....

  5. 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...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

  8. 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...

  9. 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...

  10. 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...