Online Abuse

Twitter to Meet Manchester United Over Pogba Racist Abuse

Reuters | Thursday August 22, 2019

France international Pogba was a target of online abuse after he missed a penalty in Monday's 1-1 Premier League draw at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Twitter to Introduce New 'Hide Replies' Feature in June to Help Users Fight Online Abuse

Harpreet Singh | Wednesday April 17, 2019

Twitter will launch an experimental feature 'Hide Replies' to let users remove some replies from showing up on a conversation view.

Britain To Make Social Media Bosses Personally Liable For Harmful Content

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday April 9, 2019

Britain will make social media bosses personally liable for harmful content and shut down offending platforms under a "world-leading" government plan published Monday in response to the spread of online abuses and crimes.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Facebook Says Has Made Headway Against Online Abuses

Reuters | Monday April 8, 2019

Facebook has said it has made strides in its efforts to prevent online abuses in the Log Sabha Elections that starts this week but acknowledged that gaps remain in its "election integrity" efforts.

On Abusive Messages To Ravish Kumar, Other Journalists, Notice To Telcos

India News | Reported by Himanshu Shekhar Mishra, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Friday February 22, 2019

Telecom operators have been asked to explain in 15 days what action they have taken amidst an intense campaign of threats and abuse against several senior journalists, including NDTV's Ravish Kumar, over the last week.

Twitter CEO Says His, Other Tech Firms Haven't Curbed Online Abuse Enough

World News | Reuters | Wednesday February 13, 2019

Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey said on Tuesday that Silicon Valley companies, including his own, have not done enough to protect victims of online abuse, calling it a "huge fail."

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch Star Will Poulter Quits Twitter Over Online Abuse

Akhil Arora | Friday January 4, 2019

Will Poulter — who played programmer Colin Ritman in Black Mirror: Bandersnatch — announced Thursday that he was taking a “step back” from Twitter in “the interest of [his] mental health”.

Got More Love Than Hate On Social Media, Says Gurmehar Kaur

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 12, 2018

After having been at the receiving end of online abuse, and her posts being reduced to memes, student activist Gurmehar Kaur said on Wednesday that the "hate" would never match to the level of "love" and support she received from people through social media.

Foreign Media On Veere Di Wedding Controversy Involving Swara Bhasker

Entertainment | Agence France-Presse | Friday June 8, 2018

Swara Bhasker has hit back at a torrent of online abuse over a particular scene in Veere Di Wedding

Twitter to Better Publicise Rules in New Test to Combat Online Abuse

IANS | Saturday April 7, 2018

In an experiment that began on Friday, Twitter will publicise its rules to users to test whether this would improve civility, the researchers wrote on Medium.

Twitter Failing Women as Online Abuse Flourishes, Says Amnesty

Reuters | Wednesday March 21, 2018

Many women cannot express themselves freely on Twitter without fear of violence or abuse, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.

Twitter Failing Women As Online Abuse Flourishes, Says Amnesty

World News | Reuters | Wednesday March 21, 2018

Many women cannot express themselves freely on Twitter without fear of violence or abuse, Amnesty International said on Wednesday, even though the #MeToo campaign has helped women to speak out.

British Prime Minister Marks Historic Women's Vote But Warns Of Online Abuse

World News | Wednesday February 7, 2018

Prime Minister Theresa May led tributes Tuesday to the "heroic" women who won the right to vote in Britain 100 years ago, but warned that female politicians today risked being silenced by online harassment.

'Much Bigger Than Me Now': Actor Parvathy To NDTV On Cyberbullying Complaint

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Wednesday December 27, 2017

Parvathy TK, the award-winning actor from Kerala who filed a complaint against online threats for her recent comments against a 2016 Malayalam movie, Kasaba, told NDTV that one of the reasons for filing the police case was because it wasn't about her anymore.

Trolled, Threatened Online, Actor Parvathy Files Complaint Against Abusers

Kerala News | Reported by Sneha Mary Koshi, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Wednesday December 27, 2017

Viciously trolled on online platforms for days, award-winning actor Parvathy TK has filed a police complaint against the cyber bullying after threats of acid attacks and even rape were hurled at her for calling out some dialogues in the Mammootty-starrer 2016 Malayalam movie, Kasaba to be derogatory to women, and "most saddening".