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# trolls - Thursday 28 March, 2019
Ireland's Got Talent finalist 'hurt' by online abuse about Traveller background
“I actually felt more hurt for the younger generation that they still have to face this.”
# trolls - Thursday 29 November, 2018
The features of online hate speech in Ireland and why it's often not flagged
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.
# trolls - Tuesday 7 March, 2017
Refugee targeted by trolls over selfie with Angela Merkel loses his case against Facebook
Posts have falsely linked the teenager with people who tried to set fire to a homeless man in Berlin last Christmas.
# trolls - Sunday 26 February, 2017
Lily Allen trolled and abused on Twitter over her baby son's death
She’s temporarily quit over “new levels” of abuse.
Lily Allen has abandoned her Twitter account after abuse over her baby son's death
She’s temporarily quit over “new levels” of abuse.
# trolls - Wednesday 8 February, 2017
Poll: Do online trolls put you off using social media?
The company has unveiled a number of new safety measures following complaints.
# trolls - Tuesday 27 September, 2016
Report recommends that 'revenge porn' and 'upskirting' are made criminal offences
The Law Reform Commission also said that anonymous abuse and online stalking should be included as forms of harassment.
# trolls - Wednesday 24 August, 2016
Hackers post naked pictures, passport and driver's licence of Ghostbusters star to her website
Leslie Jones was the target of abuse on Twitter last month.
# trolls - Wednesday 20 July, 2016
Twitter bans right-wing writer after Ghostbusters actor targeted by trolls
Milo Yiannopoulos was told his account is being permanently suspended due to repeated violations of the Twitter rules.
# trolls - Monday 18 April, 2016
An American asked Reddit to help troll an Irishman, and they delivered
The only way to wind up an Irishman.
# trolls - Tuesday 15 March, 2016
This guy is excellently trolling people with his photoshop skills
Top notch trollin.
# trolls - Tuesday 9 February, 2016
Twitter is creating an anti-abuse council to help it curb online bullying
The safety council is made up of more than 40 different organisations to help it stomp out abuse on the platform.
# trolls - Saturday 30 January, 2016
This Today FM newsreader brilliantly shut down the 'brave man' who trolled her on Twitter
“I was trolled earlier this week by a guy who thinks I shouldn’t have a baby AND a job.”
# trolls - Friday 29 January, 2016
This Today FM newsreader brilliantly shut down the 'brave man' who trolled her on Twitter
“I was trolled earlier this week by a guy who thinks I shouldn’t have a baby AND a job.”
# trolls - Tuesday 20 October, 2015
Some people want to boycott the new Star Wars - because the lead actor is black
Some said the film represented “white genocide”.
# trolls - Wednesday 12 August, 2015
Brendan O'Connor thinks that "cranks have too much power" over the Irish media
The former chat show host was on with George Hook today.
# trolls - Sunday 12 July, 2015
JK Rowling's perfect take-down of a Serena Williams hater is going viral
She strikes again.
# trolls - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
Senator says cyberbullying bill could silence people like Mairia Cahill
Under the proposed law, a person could face 12 months in jail or a €5,000 fine.
# trolls - Thursday 4 June, 2015
3 Midweek Longreads: The man who was kidnapped and caged in a zoo
Longreads to savour or save.
# trolls - Thursday 23 April, 2015
Chvrches' Lauren Mayberry has spoken out about the horrific abuse she gets online
“These people will never learn that violence against women is unacceptable.”
# trolls - Saturday 18 April, 2015
Mario Balotelli has received 4,000 racist messages on social media this season
A survey has found that Mario Balotelli is the Premier League player most targeted by discrimination on social media.
# trolls - Tuesday 14 April, 2015
'Man do cars, woman do cake' - Death threats for Sue Perkins amid Top Gear rumours
The presenter says some people have suggested they want her ‘burned alive’.
# trolls - Wednesday 18 March, 2015
Ashley Judd is pressing charges against Twitter trolls over sexual harassment
The situation came to a head when Judd tweeted about a basketball match she was at.
# trolls - Thursday 5 February, 2015
Good news -- Twitter's CEO has vowed to start dealing with trolls
Comments come after last week’s episode of This American Life.
# trolls - Sunday 7 December, 2014
Weird Wide Web: Steve Jobs back from the dead, smart tree lights and Zoella tops Harry Potter
All of your essential tech and social media news for the week in one byte-sized portion.
# trolls - Wednesday 3 December, 2014
Twitter is making it easier for you to report nasty comments
The website is also improving its system for blocking accounts – and this is just the first step.
# trolls - Saturday 29 November, 2014
This woman deals with rape-threatening trolls online by literally telling their mums
Her tweet is going viral around the world today.
# trolls - Monday 27 October, 2014
Labour TD: Internet trolls are cowards and should get up to two years in prison
Seán Kenny is calling on Ireland to follow in the footsteps of the UK.
# trolls - Thursday 23 October, 2014
Woman hilariously trolls creeps of Reddit with a photo of her husband's bum
IT LOOKS LIKE BOOBS. (NSFW images inside.)
# trolls - Sunday 19 October, 2014
Internet trolls in Britain could get two years in jail
That’s under new government proposals outlined today.
# trolls - Thursday 16 October, 2014
This woman is turning mean internet comments into wonderful embroideries
Haters gonna hate, stitchers gonna stitch.
# trolls - Monday 25 August, 2014
Men get twice as much abuse on Twitter as women
And they’re also the ones behind most of the abuse.
# trolls - Friday 15 August, 2014
Twitter promises to change its policies after trolls attack Robin Williams' daughter
Zelda Williams was forced to leave Twitter earlier this week after receiving disturbing photos of her late father.
# trolls - Saturday 31 May, 2014
6 things we would never know without the internet
Are we trolling you right now?
# trolls - Sunday 11 August, 2013
Column: Making threats over the internet is a crime, but sometimes anonymity is needed
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.
# trolls - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
VIDEO: How to win arguments on Facebook
NSFW language.
# trolls - Sunday 4 November, 2012
Column: If you read something offensive, don’t retweet it, report it
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.
# trolls - Friday 28 September, 2012
Column: Why internet trolls exist and why they're unlikely to go away
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.
# trolls - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
# trolls - Wednesday 13 June, 2012
Poll: Should Ireland legislate against internet trolls?
The Government has no specific plans to follow the UK’s crackdown on internet “trolls”. How do you feel about the issue?
Your say
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Poll: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
IT’S A MONTH since the launch of the HSE’s new Covid-19 contact tracing app.
Since then, the app has had well over one million downloads, with the take-up rate heralded as being “the most successful launch” of the app anywhere in the world, said HSE CEO Paul Reid last month.
The app is intended to help contact tracing, particularly with people who aren’t family and friends, and uses Bluetooth technology to determine whether you’ve been a close contact of someone who’s tested positive for the virus.
Users are encouraged to switch on their Bluetooth settings, and to check in with their symptoms every day. The bluetooth function means that users will be notified via the app if they have been a close contact of a confirmed case.
As cases begin to rise again – particularly in Kildare, Laois and Offaly – health officials fear that transmission could once again spread within the community.
Of the 174 cases reported yesterday, around 50 of them were reported outside of the three counties now under new restrictions.
With that in mind, we want to know: Are you still using the Covid-19 tracker app?
Poll Results:
Yes, I check in every day (4681)
Yes, I check in most days (4057)
I didn't download it (3847)
No, I've stopped using it (2751)
Yes, but I only check in once or twice per week (2735)
Yes, but I only have the bluetooth contact tracing function enabled (1772)
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Trolls beware: YouTube want you to comment using your real name
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.
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