Though concerns about online harassment were legitimate, with 38% of participants saying they had experienced trolling in response to giving a media interview.
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Elon Musk’s new paid verification program resulted in the widespread use of parody accounts by shitposters on the social media platform.
Reality shows can be a psychological minefield for both participants and fans.
A psychologist who has been researching internet trolling for seven years explains why people troll.
We all have a role to play to address hostility online.
How clubs and support teams can help deflect the negative impact of social media.
The Morrison government is setting up a parliamentary inquiry to put big tech companies “under the microscope” over dangers posed to people’s wellbeing by toxic material on their sites.
The government’s plan to make social media companies hand over trolls’ details aims to make it easier for victims to sue their harassers for defamation. But this conflates two very different concepts.
A higher quality discussion emerged among commenters allowed to use personas instead of their real names.
Skateboarding will make its Olympic debut in Tokyo but research shows female athletes are likely to cop abuse online when the competition starts.
A gentle nudge to rethink our social media posting could significantly reduce online abuse.
People appear to victim-blame celebrities for the abuse they suffer on Twitter.
A new Australian study shows if a person has high levels of sadism and high self-esteem, they are more likely to troll.
Zoom-bombing disrupts people’s use of the Zoom platform for work, study and socializing. Zoom-bombing events have included racist and misogynist attacks on users.
Incidents of racism have risen sharply but football institutions are failing to address the issue properly
We found about 300 suspicious Twitter accounts, which we suspect included a high proportion of bots and trolls pushing the #ArsonEmergency narrative.
The proposed amendments would provide much-needed updates to Victoria’s vilification laws and bring the state in line with NSW, Queensland, Tasmania and the ACT.
Online abuse has been in the spotlight during this election campaign and AFL season. But researchers and policy-makers alike need to do more to understand cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians.
Online trolling is a workplace health and safety issue. The AFL must expose and sanction those responsible – anything less would not only be morally debatable, but also legally questionable.
Some people still think “trolling” refers to harmless fun. If we want to reduce abusive online behaviour, let’s start by getting our definitions right.
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Federation University Australia
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Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics, Lancaster University
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Lecturer in Media and Communications, The University of Melbourne
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Doctoral researcher investigating governance of social media platforms, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, West Virginia University
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Associate Professor in Astronomy, Monash University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professorial Fellow, Jumbunna IHL, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in Business IT & Logistics, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Director, Research & Translation, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Communications and Media, University of Canberra
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Professor, School for the Future of Innovation in Society & School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University
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Lecturer in International Relations, The University of Melbourne
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