As a law student, Brittan Heller was the target of a campaign of online harassment that created enormous stress for her personal and professional lives, led her to fear for her safety, and ...
A common fallacy in thinking about content moderation is the mere practice of isolating and identifying the problem as such. It is enticing, especially to software engineers and computer scientists, ...
In 2020, security startup Verkada made headlines for all the wrong reasons. The California-based surveillance service provider faced backlash over allegations that some of its employees were using ...
Online insults and disrespect are perceived as more harmful by individuals outside the United States, especially when the content damages family reputation, according to a University of Michigan ...
Online harassment of journalists poses a grave risk to press freedoms: retaliating in response to a disfavored article or post, trolls coordinate abuse in the hopes of silencing the journalist ...
Among the 41% of U.S. adults who have experienced online harassment, 75% said their most recent experience happened on social media, according to a recent report from The Pew Research Center.
The political face-off between the DMK and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay has intensified after a DMK supporter was arrested ...
Workplace sexual harassment can follow employees home due to an "always-on" culture and increased ways to contact coworkers after-hours. Online sexual harassment can be especially difficult to ...