Online Abuse Coverage
Tech firms must remove ‘revenge porn’ in 48 hours or risk being blocked, says Starmer
PM says measure, also applied to deepfake nudes, is needed owing to a ‘national emergency’ of online misogyny
Life after Molly: Ian Russell on big tech, his daughter’s death – and why a social media ban won’t work
Molly Russell was just 14 when she took her own life in 2017, and an inquest later found negative online content was a significant factor. With many people now pushing for teenagers…
Cambridge United sign up to football abuse reporting app
Former England striker Emile Heskey says he does not want abuse at football to be normalised.
Elon Musk says UK wants to suppress free speech as X faces possible ban
Ministers warn platform could be blocked after Grok AI used to create sexual images without consent
X could be banned in UK amid sexualised AI images concerns
Sir Keir Starmer indicated that Elon Musk’s social media platform could be blocked in the UK
Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister
Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticises ‘worryingly slow’ government response
Paris court finds 10 guilty of harassing Brigitte Macron online
Teacher and publicist among those convicted of maliciously posting or sharing false claims French first lady is a man
Elon Musk’s Grok AI generates images of ‘minors in minimal clothing’
Lapses in safeguards led to wave of sexualized images this week as xAI says it is working to improve systems
Greenock Morton chairman quits after claims of online abuse
John Laird said criticism originally about football matters had descended into personal attacks.
‘Anti-digital hate’ campaigner denied US visa blames big ...
British man accuses social media and AI bosses of being ‘sociopathic in their unwillingness to be held accountable’
Brits want social media ban for kids despite
Earlier this month the country blocked millions of young people accessing the platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Threads, TikTok, X, YouTube, Reddit and Twitch
Visa ban for European critics of online harm is first shot in US free speech war
Legislation that seeks to curb harmful content is viewed as a threat to Silicon Valley by many Maga politicians
Top cop forced to quit social media after vile online abuse and rape threats
Northumbria Police chief constable Vanessa Jardine, who has been subjected to horrific trolling as a result of her work as the national lead on LGBT+ issues, has spoken of her ordeal for…
Parents of sextortion victim sue Meta for alleged wrongful death
Exclusive: Lawsuit is the first UK case of its kind, with Ros and Mark Dowey accusing Meta of ‘putting profit before our young people’
UK sex offenders may have to tell police about social media and dating accounts
Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood plans to ‘use full power of the state’ to curb rise in targeted attacks using websites
UK charities face ‘culture of fear’ as threats and violence surge
Exclusive: Charity Commission chief condemns public hostility towards staff helping women and refugees and at places of worship
British Olympic & Paralympic athletes get online abuse protection
British Olympic and Paralympic athletes are to be offered a new form of artificial intelligence-based protection from online abuse.
‘Greggy’s Cult’ leaders arrested for blackmailing minors with sexual images
Five men accused of using extortion threats to bully young gamers into performing degrading and sexually explicit acts on web cameras
Football abuse: Premier League and WSL stars targeted by death and rape threats
More than 2,000 extremely abusive social media posts were sent about managers and players in the Premier League and Women's Super League in a single weekend, a BBC investigation finds.
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing…
Social media firms urged to introduce 'timeouts' and 'prompts' to tackle abuse
Technology Secretary Liz Kendall warned social media companies they are complicit in creating spaces where 'sexism festers' if they fail to act on online misogyny
AI and anonymity fuel surge in digital violence against women
What was once hailed as a vehicle for empowerment has, for millions of women and girls, become a source of fear.
Trump signs Take It Down Act to combat fake images and online exploitation
President signs bill with first lady Melania Trump to criminalize sharing intimate images without consent
Trans people are constantly abused online - and it's about to get worse
Meta’s updated guidance feels like yet another blow for trans people’s safety, dignity, and self-determination.
Amanda Abbington says she received rape and death threats to her family post-Strictly
Strictly star says online abuse in aftermath of her depature has been ‘brutal, relentless and unforgiving’
Misogynist influencers fuelling wave of online abuse against girls, warn police
Unregulated access to pornography and influencers like Andrew Tate having ‘terrifying’ impact, says National Police Chiefs’ Council
Influencers radicalising boys in 'terrifying' way, say police
A new report by senior police says violence against women and girls has become a "national emergency".
Map reveals which city is the UK's online trolling capital
Searches for 'how to report online harassment have skyrocketed' by 150% in the past year.
The vile response to Emily Atack's sex consent campaign proves it's essential
'We need to start asking for consent, and asking for it now.'
Mia Janin took own life after bullying - inquest
Schoolgirl Mia Janin's last voice note is released to the BBC as an inquest into her death concludes.
Schoolgirl, 14, found dead after alleged bullying by boys, London inquest hears
Friends of Mia Janin, who is believed to have killed herself, told police male pupils made fun of her on Snapchat group
Barrister condemns regulator for inaction over colleagues’ foul-mouthed tweets
Exclusive: Charlotte Proudman reported more than 50 barristers to the Bar Standards Board over abusive messages
Former Lioness Fara Williams on the sexist and homophobic abuse she gets online
Exclusive: England’s most capped player says the abuse always ramps up and gets more aggressive when she’s commentating on the men’s game
To End Digital Stalking Tech Firms Must Prioritise Women’s Safety
A recent amendment to the Online Safety Bill brings us a step closer to making life online safer for women. Now it’s time to end digital stalking for good.
Turning the tide on online offending: Our CEO's message to the Policing Institute for The Eastern Region conference - Lucy Faithfull Foundation
Our CEO, Deborah Denis, was recently invited to speak at this year’s Policing Institute for the Eastern Region conference (PIER23) where she reflected on seven years of our campaign to deter online…
Rio Ferdinand blames ‘male chauvinists’ and ‘archaic thinking’ for Lioness abuse
Exclusive: Ex-England defender tells The Independent social media is ‘playground to spout abuse’
Opinion: We need to talk about the sinister side of Twitter Circle
If the platform is being used to create a new political party, an extremist fringe group or to further spread dangerous conspiracies, nobody will know about it
Instagram ‘systematically ignores’ misogynist abuse of female public figures
90% of offending accounts remain active after abusive messages reported, research finds
Opinion: I’ve been sent countless death threats since the Sarah Everard vigil
If these people are comfortable saying such vile things to a stranger, I fear for the women in their lives
Women on reality TV shows get more abuse online than men, study shows
Report says social media companies must do more to stop the rise of online abuse
We all have a responsibility to fight racism – this is how we do it
It’s easy to blame social media platforms for allowing racism – but the truth is there is a much deeper cultural issue, and addressing it requires all of us
Captain Tom Moore would have been heartbroken over online abuse, daughter says
‘How do you rationalise to a 100-year-old man that something so incredibly good can attract such horror?’ Hannah Ingram-Moore says
Stop the Internet Bullies campaign - News, Opinion, Reaction, Video - Mirror Online
Trolls target internet users across social media. The Mirror is calling for inciting suicide to be made a criminal offence and for all sites to have an abuse report button, with complaints…
Responding to online abuse | NSPCC Learning
Any child or young person can experience online abuse. Find out what you need to do if a child or young person discloses they've experienced abuse online, or you notice something worrying.
UN Women sounds the alarm over online misogyny | United Nations
Online communities known collectively as the “manosphere” are emerging as a serious threat to gender equality, as toxic spaces increasingly influence real-world attitudes, behaviours, and policies.