trolls

A study looking for a remedy for abusive Twitter users reveals their psychology, and explains what their vitriol has in common with gang signs

Anonymous web users were once welcomed by media sites. Today, Twitter is proving what a huge liability they have become.

The Editorial: Rage-filled mobs on social media poison the well for everyone

A review of Trolls: An Unnatural History

How a campaign for Jane Austen summoned the trolls

Memo to Australia: No need for new laws to crack down on jerks

Female gamers face harassment and contempt online

Online anonymity breeds harassment and contempt for female video gamers

After telling of her harassment, a feminist video-blogger raised over $100,000

I am frightened by Luka Magnotta, but not because he is a suspected necrophiliac cannibal killer. He creeps me out because I can’t...