On the CDA and what it does and doesn't cover. Doesn't cover: abuse!

Abstract: Online harassment is a significant problem, and an important movement has emerged in response. However, this activism usually refers back to free speech discourse. I argue that an intersectional approach requires us to explore a more radical rethinking of the political traditions we draw on when responding to online harassment. Online harassment is a … Continue reading Thinking Beyond ‘Free Speech’ in Responding to Online Harassment →

2,700 Twitter users told BuzzFeed News about their struggles with abuse on the social network.

The company's Jigsaw offshoot is on a mission to protect the Internet's most vulnerable. Trouble is, doing good is a lot harder than "Don't be evil."

According to Twitter's rules, "you may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender ide

I was a guest of honor at a large convention when a drunk con-goer grabbed my ass as I exited the elevator. By the time my brain got past “Wait, did that just happen?” the elevator had closed. I told myself it wasn’t a big deal. It’s not like I’d been in real physical danger. This was just one brief interaction… but…

They’re turning the web into a cesspool of aggression and violence. What watching them is doing to the rest of us may be even worse

Page from the Center for Solutions to Online Violence. Infographics and a good webliography.

For nearly its entire existence, Twitter has not just tolerated abuse and hate speech — it’s virtually been optimized to accommodate it. With public backlash at an all-time high and growth stagnating,

Harassment drove me out of physics 30 years ago and little has changed. Why is scientific sexism so intractable?

Craig Newmark, founder of Craiglist, cares about online safety. So, he spearheaded a survey to document whether online harassment has decreased. It hasn't.

The social network risks losing the goodwill it built up during the Arab Spring.

"I feel like I'm in a personal hell. I didn't do anything to deserve this."

Public institutions are increasingly reliant on data from social media sites to measure public attitude and provide timely public engagement. Such reliance includes the exploration of public views on important social issues such as gender-based violence (GBV). In this study, we examine big (social) data consisting of nearly 14 million tweets collected from Twitter over a period of 10 months to analyze public opinion regarding GBV, highlighting the nature of tweeting practices by geographical location and gender. We demonstrate the utility of computational social science to mine insight from the corpus while accounting for the influence of both transient events and sociocultural factors. We reveal public awareness regarding GBV tolerance and suggest opportunities for intervention and the measurement of intervention effectiveness assisting both governmental and non-governmental organizations in policy development.

Content note for discussion of abuse and sexual violence. In the last couple of weeks, three respected members of the computer security and privacy tech communities have come forward under their ow…

Within two minutes of walking into the welcome room in Altspace, a leading social VR app, I was given my first unsolicited "virtual reality kiss." Shortly after, my skinny brown-haired avatar was swarmed by male users rubbing on me and asking if I…