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"Go Back To India": Woman Journalist Laid Off By Washington Post Shuts Down Troll
After losing her role as a national health reporter during mass layoffs at the Washington Post, Sabrina Malhi gained viral attention for her fearless response to online abuse.
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Sitarist Anoushka Shankar On Surviving Abuse, PCOS, Addiction As She Slams Trolls: "My Body Is Not..."
Anoushka Shankar has spoken against body-shaming trolls, sharing her journey of resilience and declaring that her body and choices are hers alone
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"Really Atrocious, Judges Also Suffer": Supreme Court On Online Trolling
A rueful Supreme Court slammed social media trolls and their actions as "really atrocious", acknowledging that even the highest judicial forum in the country is not immune.
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After Chief Justice Of India Trolled, Opposition MPs Ask President To Act
Several opposition MPs have petitioned President Droupadi Murmu for immediate action over social media trolling of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud while he was deliberating on a case related to the governor's role in Maharashtra.
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"Online World Should Not Be Wild West": Australia To Unmask Online Trolls
Australia's government said Sunday it will introduce legislation to unmask online trolls, and hold social media giants like Facebook and Twitter responsible for identifying them.
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Asked About Bra Size, Sayantani Ghosh Shares Powerful Post To "End The Size Mentality"
"Yesterday in one of my interactive sessions someone asked me my bra size!" wrote Sayantani Ghosh
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"Online Community Being Hurtful": Ratan Tata's Emotional Instagram Post
Industrialist Ratan Tata on Sunday appealed for "empathy" as he pointed out that "online community (is) being hurtful to each other, bringing each other down, harshly and with quick judgements".
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Devendra Fadnavis' Wife Trolled For Promoting Christmas-Themed Charitable Event
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta found herself at the receiving end of heavy criticism from a section of social media on Tuesday for promoting a Christmas-themed charitable event in Mumbai.
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More Governments Manipulate Media With 'Bots,'Trolls: Study
More governments are following the lead of Russia and China by manipulating social media and suppressing dissent online in a grave threat to democracy, a human rights watchdog said Tuesday.
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Austrian Court Rules Facebook Must Delete 'Hate Postings'
Facebook must remove postings deemed as hate speech, an Austrian court has ruled, in a legal victory for campaigners who want to force social media companies to combat online "trolling".
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'PM Invited Trolls': How Smriti Irani Reacted To Derek O'Brien's Charge
Union Minister Smriti Irani, sharply rebutting Trinamool Congress lawmaker Derek O'Brien in parliament today, appeared to defend a man linked to one of the controversial Twitter handles named for rape threats and communal propaganda.
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Slow Clap For Anand Mahindra's Reply To Tweet Suggesting He Buy This Car
What does a business tycoon do when he sees something he likes? Go out and buy it? Nope, he buys the company that makes it instead. Or so it seems from Mahindra Group's Executive Chairman Anand Mahindra's brilliant Twitter comeback to a query about his shopping habits. Mr Mahindra had the perfect reply when asked about buying a car he had tweeted a...
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Non-Anonymous Online Trolls On The Rise: Study
Trolls are increasingly using their full name online, suggesting that a ban on anonymity will likely fail to prevent the feared 'firestorms' but possibly aggravate them even more, a new study has found.
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Ignore or Digest, Says Arun Jaitley On Online Trolling
In an interview to Prannoy Roy, Union minister Arun Jaitley today said online trolling is carried out by individuals over whom a party does not have control, and one has to learn to live with it.
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Online Attacks On Women To Be Treated As Violence: Maneka Gandhi to NDTV
At a time when women journalists and others are complaining about prolific and misogynistic online abuse, union minister Maneka Gandhi has said that the government's new agenda for women's rights and equality looks "very strongly" at how to fight "viciousness against women on the net" which, she said, must be treated at par with violence.
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"Go Back To India": Woman Journalist Laid Off By Washington Post Shuts Down Troll
After losing her role as a national health reporter during mass layoffs at the Washington Post, Sabrina Malhi gained viral attention for her fearless response to online abuse.
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Sitarist Anoushka Shankar On Surviving Abuse, PCOS, Addiction As She Slams Trolls: "My Body Is Not..."
Anoushka Shankar has spoken against body-shaming trolls, sharing her journey of resilience and declaring that her body and choices are hers alone
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"Really Atrocious, Judges Also Suffer": Supreme Court On Online Trolling
A rueful Supreme Court slammed social media trolls and their actions as "really atrocious", acknowledging that even the highest judicial forum in the country is not immune.
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After Chief Justice Of India Trolled, Opposition MPs Ask President To Act
Several opposition MPs have petitioned President Droupadi Murmu for immediate action over social media trolling of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud while he was deliberating on a case related to the governor's role in Maharashtra.
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"Online World Should Not Be Wild West": Australia To Unmask Online Trolls
Australia's government said Sunday it will introduce legislation to unmask online trolls, and hold social media giants like Facebook and Twitter responsible for identifying them.
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Asked About Bra Size, Sayantani Ghosh Shares Powerful Post To "End The Size Mentality"
"Yesterday in one of my interactive sessions someone asked me my bra size!" wrote Sayantani Ghosh
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"Online Community Being Hurtful": Ratan Tata's Emotional Instagram Post
Industrialist Ratan Tata on Sunday appealed for "empathy" as he pointed out that "online community (is) being hurtful to each other, bringing each other down, harshly and with quick judgements".
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Devendra Fadnavis' Wife Trolled For Promoting Christmas-Themed Charitable Event
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' wife Amruta found herself at the receiving end of heavy criticism from a section of social media on Tuesday for promoting a Christmas-themed charitable event in Mumbai.
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More Governments Manipulate Media With 'Bots,'Trolls: Study
More governments are following the lead of Russia and China by manipulating social media and suppressing dissent online in a grave threat to democracy, a human rights watchdog said Tuesday.
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Austrian Court Rules Facebook Must Delete 'Hate Postings'
Facebook must remove postings deemed as hate speech, an Austrian court has ruled, in a legal victory for campaigners who want to force social media companies to combat online "trolling".
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'PM Invited Trolls': How Smriti Irani Reacted To Derek O'Brien's Charge
Union Minister Smriti Irani, sharply rebutting Trinamool Congress lawmaker Derek O'Brien in parliament today, appeared to defend a man linked to one of the controversial Twitter handles named for rape threats and communal propaganda.
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Slow Clap For Anand Mahindra's Reply To Tweet Suggesting He Buy This Car
What does a business tycoon do when he sees something he likes? Go out and buy it? Nope, he buys the company that makes it instead. Or so it seems from Mahindra Group's Executive Chairman Anand Mahindra's brilliant Twitter comeback to a query about his shopping habits. Mr Mahindra had the perfect reply when asked about buying a car he had tweeted a...
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Non-Anonymous Online Trolls On The Rise: Study
Trolls are increasingly using their full name online, suggesting that a ban on anonymity will likely fail to prevent the feared 'firestorms' but possibly aggravate them even more, a new study has found.
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Ignore or Digest, Says Arun Jaitley On Online Trolling
In an interview to Prannoy Roy, Union minister Arun Jaitley today said online trolling is carried out by individuals over whom a party does not have control, and one has to learn to live with it.
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Online Attacks On Women To Be Treated As Violence: Maneka Gandhi to NDTV
At a time when women journalists and others are complaining about prolific and misogynistic online abuse, union minister Maneka Gandhi has said that the government's new agenda for women's rights and equality looks "very strongly" at how to fight "viciousness against women on the net" which, she said, must be treated at par with violence.
