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11 Mar 2023

RCB Captain Smriti Mandhana Faces Online Abuse After 4 Losses In A Row

WPL 2023: RCB captain Smriti Mandhana faced online abuse on her social media handle following her team's poor performance.

17 Jun 2022

DNA: Trollers will face jail time in Japan, when India will bring such a law?

A big step has been taken against trolling in Japan. A law has now been made under which if a person insults another person on social media or hurt feelings, then such person can be sentenced to one year in jail.

23 Apr 2022

Pavan Duggal suggests immediate remedies against cyber frauds

Dr Pavan Duggal says that everyone has the right to have unlawful access to their data. He spoke about cyber fraud, data misuse, and possible urgent remedies. Duggal stated that if a person is a victim of online abuse or fraud, they should not remain silent.

12 Aug 2021

Instagram announces new features to protect users against online abuse

The Limits feature will automatically hide comments and DM requests from people who don`t follow the user or who only recently followed them. Stronger warnings will be shown by Instagram on the first instance when a user tries to post potentially offensive comments. The platform already throws up a warning when someone tries to post a potentially offensive comment.

13 Aug 2020

Female journalists in Pakistan call out against online abuse of women in media

A group of more than thirty female journalists have issued a strongly worded statement condemning the excruciating circumstances in which female journalists are forced to operate in Pakistan. The statement said, "vicious attacks through social media are being directed at women journalists and commentators in Pakistan, making it incredibly difficult for us to carry out our professional duties". The statement further outlined the systematic abuse the female journalists are subjected to are instigated by government officials and then amplified by a large number of Twitter accounts.

03 Oct 2019

Ananya Panday's #SwachhSocialMedia drive against online abuse

On Gandhi Jayanti on Wednesday, the "Student Of The Year 2" actress took to social media to talk about her campaign #SwachhSocialMedia.

15 Feb 2017

Twitter rolls back anti-abuse update after user feedback

In line with its attempts to curb online abuse and harassment, Twitter has announced an update that would not notify the users when they were added to lists, but the update was soon rolled back following user feedback.

12 Jul 2016

Shocking! Post break-ups, men face more abuse online

More men at 40 percent face online abuse than women at 36 percent following a relationship break-up, finds a study. Digital abuse, it also says, has become a norm between former partners.

Extremely social people

20 May 2016

Extremely social people more susceptible to online abuse

Researchers found that adults with Williams syndrome - who are extremely social and trusting - use Facebook and other social networking sites frequently and are especially vulnerable to online victimisation.

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14 Nov 2015

Tougher laws needed against online abuse: Oz study

Women and young adults are most likely to report being sexually harassed online, while one in 10 adults said someone had shared a nude or semi-nude image of them without their consent, the study found.

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