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The South Africa-born Scotland wing says the messages also motivate him.
“I actually felt more hurt for the younger generation that they still have to face this.”
A DCU report said that there were two types of people who posted hate speech: those “versed” in it and those who just reproduce it.
Posts have falsely linked the teenager with people who tried to set fire to a homeless man in Berlin last Christmas.
She’s temporarily quit over “new levels” of abuse.
She’s temporarily quit over “new levels” of abuse.
The company has unveiled a number of new safety measures following complaints.
The Law Reform Commission also said that anonymous abuse and online stalking should be included as forms of harassment.
Leslie Jones was the target of abuse on Twitter last month.
Milo Yiannopoulos was told his account is being permanently suspended due to repeated violations of the Twitter rules.
The only way to wind up an Irishman.
The safety council is made up of more than 40 different organisations to help it stomp out abuse on the platform.
“I was trolled earlier this week by a guy who thinks I shouldn’t have a baby AND a job.”
“I was trolled earlier this week by a guy who thinks I shouldn’t have a baby AND a job.”
Some said the film represented “white genocide”.
The former chat show host was on with George Hook today.
Under the proposed law, a person could face 12 months in jail or a €5,000 fine.
Longreads to savour or save.
“These people will never learn that violence against women is unacceptable.”
A survey has found that Mario Balotelli is the Premier League player most targeted by discrimination on social media.
The presenter says some people have suggested they want her ‘burned alive’.
The situation came to a head when Judd tweeted about a basketball match she was at.
Comments come after last week’s episode of This American Life.
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
The website is also improving its system for blocking accounts – and this is just the first step.
Her tweet is going viral around the world today.
Seán Kenny is calling on Ireland to follow in the footsteps of the UK.
IT LOOKS LIKE BOOBS. (NSFW images inside.)
That’s under new government proposals outlined today.
Haters gonna hate, stitchers gonna stitch.
And they’re also the ones behind most of the abuse.
Zelda Williams was forced to leave Twitter earlier this week after receiving disturbing photos of her late father.
Before we remove the masks of users online, we need to look at both the pros and cons of being anonymous on the internet, writes Fergal Crehan.
The future of the internet depends on social networks like Facebook and Twitter developing better protocols for dealing with offensive and potentially criminal postings, writes Dr Ciarán Mc Mahon.
Ciarán Mc Mahon writes on the theories behind internet trolling and explains why, as long as there is a free and open internet, they’re probably not going to go away.
Video site YouTube has started asking users to provide their real names when commenting. Some of the reasons they allow you to give for declining prove interesting.