It was not so long ago that we wrote that Twitter appeared to be grasping the nettle and taking its role as a responsible social media platform seriously. However, Twitter’s abject failure to deal with the recent abuse levelled at Stan Collymore, an ex-premiership footballer, suggests our assessment might have been ill-judged. Continue reading
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Tag: Cyberbullying (Page 2 of 2)
Before the Christmas break, twitter indicated how it intends to tackle two of its main challenges in 2014, namely: trolls and the spread of false information. This article provides a brief summary of these strategies (one of which was disclosed by a leak) and comments on their effectiveness. Continue reading
While the nation takes its long seasonal break, the world of social media never sleeps. There have been a number of interesting developments in relation to social media and cyber bullying over recent weeks. Clare Brown provides a round up. Continue reading
For many, social media sites extend simply to Facebook and Twitter. However there are also a number of other enormously popular websites for those who wish to interact with others on the internet including (but by no means limited to) Reddit, 4Chan and Ask.fm. Continue reading
In May Facebook introduced a temporary ban on a particularly graphic video showing the beheading of a woman in Mexico. The ban was implemented in response to complaints from users and from the Family Online Safety Institute which is a member of Facebook’s Safety Advisory Board. Continue reading
The image, right, shows the result of a poll on The Journal.ie which ran last Tuesday: the question was whether Ireland follow the UK’s lead in blocking online porn? And the results show a slight majority (54%) against doing so. This comes in the wake of proposals from UK Prime Minister David Cameron to compel internet service providers to block pornographic material by default. Continue reading
Say you are a 15-year old girl. What would you do if you find a fake Facebook profile which contains a photograph of you, a slightly modified version of your name and other particulars which identified you, which discusses your physical appearance and weight in derogatory terms, and which includes scandalous sexual commentary about you? First, you’d contact Facebook, to have the fake profile taken down and to identify the IP address associated with it. Continue reading
On 27 September 2012 the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision A.B. v. Bragg Communications (2012 SCC 46) a case which deals with the balance between the open courts principle, privacy, and the rights of children. The Court permitted a teenager to proceed anonymously in her application to find out the identity of her alleged cyberbullies. The Court did, however, deny her application for a broader publication ban. Continue reading
In May 2012, in response to rising concerns about the impact of cyber-bullying on young people, the responsible Minister asked the New Zealand Law Commission to fast-track the part of the project dealing with the adequacy of the sanctions and remedies for dealing with harmful digital communications. On 15 August 2012 the Law Commission set out its final recommendations a Ministerial Briefing Paper, Harmful Digital Communications: The adequacy of the current sanctions and remedies [pdf]. This was accompanied by a draft bill [pdf]. Continue reading
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