Collaborate Disseminate
A man confessed to stalking and attacking a young pop star by zooming in on the reflections in her eyes from selfies. Continue reading Stalker found pop star by searching eyes’ reflections on Google Maps
Deepfake tech has push-button apps and service portals. Can code commodification do the same for detection, so women can actually afford it? Continue reading Deepfakes have doubled, overwhelmingly targeting women
Six months ago, we created a special alert that notifies users about commercial spyware (stalkerware) products installed on their phones. This report examines the use of stalkerware and the number of users affected by this software in the first eight months of 2019. Continue reading The State of Stalkerware in 2019
Instagram’s testing a program to hide the Likes that have created a toxic cyberbullying environment. Now, Facebook is as well. Continue reading Is the era of social media Likes over?
A new anti-bullying feature uses AI to recognize mean words in comments and warns users before they post them. Continue reading Instagram asks bullies, ‘Are you sure you want to say that?’
The big social networks and video games have failed to prioritize user well-being over their own growth. As a result, society is losing the battle against bullying, predators, hate speech, misinformation and scammers. Typically when a whole class of tech companies have a dire problem they can’t cost-effectively solve themselves, a software-as-a-service emerges to fill […] Continue reading AntiToxin sells safetytech to clean up poisoned platforms
As a female MP Jess Phillips faces threats of violence and aggression every day. Continue reading MP gets 600 rape threats in a night, wants an end to online anonymity
10-year-old Cassidy Warner says she has been bullied since the first grade and made a public plea on Facebook to put an end to it. In an interview with CNN’s Chris Cuomo, she said that […]
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Microsoft has banned nudity, swearing and other unsavoury behaviors in Skype, Xbox, email, and Office 365 docs. Continue reading Stop swearing on Skype! And don’t even think about sending that nude selfie…
A new study suggests that most of Reddit’s drama is started by a small number of communities on the website. Continue reading One Percent of Subreddits Are Responsible for Most of the Raids on Reddit