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Oh, So NOW Twitter Cares About Tweets Wishing Someone Was Dead?

By Oct 3rd
Demons in the Internet: Buffy and the Timelessness of Abuse

By Aug 19th
Twitter Determined to Win Us All Over By Banning 235,000 “Extremist” Users & Giving That “Quality Filter” to Everyone

By Aug 18th
Since 2014, Online Harassment Has Gotten More Media Attention … But It Hasn’t Actually Decreased

By Aug 4th
Instagram Updates Its Anti-Harassment Tools—But Only for “High-Profile Accounts” (So Far, Anyway)

By Aug 1st
Yahoo’s Abuse-Detecting Algorithm Works 90% of the Time & It’s A “Major Step Forward” in Its Field

By Jul 29th
Twitter Updates Their Harassment Reporting Tool, Allowing Users to Submit Multiple Tweets For Review

By Apr 26th
Twitter Has a New “Trust & Safety Council,” Including Organizations like Feminist Frequency, GLAAD, & More

By Feb 9th
Landmark Australian Study on Internet Harassment Has Sadly Unsurprising Findings

By Nov 13th
Tauriq Moosa Reminds Us to Celebrate and Listen to Minority Voices

By Jun 30th
Trolls Be Gone! Twitter Has Made It Possible to Share Block Lists

By Jun 10th
Twitter Harassment Is Not Just a Joss Whedon Problem: The Age of Ultron Director Explains Why He Deleted His Account

By May 6th
Twitter Expands On Its New Anti-Harassment Policies And Practices

By Apr 18th
George R.R. Martin Talks Gamergate, Online Hate and Representation of Straight White Men

By Apr 14th
[UPDATED] Writer Valerie D’Orazio Calls Out Marvel’s New X-Men Writer Chris Sims for Online Harassment

By Mar 18th
Since Police Still Don’t Know How to Internet, Twitter Allows You to Print Harassment Reports

By Mar 18th
Law and Order SVU Is Doing an Episode Inspired By Gamergate

By Jan 30th
How League of Legends Uses Colors To Affect Players’ Behavior

By Jan 28th
Lindy West Interviews a Repentant Troll in Latest This American Life Episode

By Jan 26th
Jessica Chastain Comments On Barrage Of Abuse She Received After Her “Diversity In Movies” Speech

By Jan 23rd