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Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news Continue reading News in brief: tech firms ‘must do more’ on terror; data breaches shoot up; gloom at toxic online spaces
How an army of Twitter trolls is invading Mexico’s democratic process. Continue reading Mexico’s Troll Bots Are Threatening the Lives of Activists
Google uses machine learning to teach troll-spotting bot how to identify ‘toxic’ comments Continue reading Google uses AI to create troll-spotting tool to clean up comments
Writer Lauren Duca has reported a ton of harassment after she appeared on Fox News. Continue reading Twitter Finally Cracked Down on ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
The ranks of publications sick of donning hazmat suits to clean up hate speech, threats, comment spam and malicious links keep swelling. Continue reading Vice is the latest site to call it a day on comments
The bot goes after Trolls who impersonate minorities to make them seem racist. Continue reading Harassed Jewish Journalist Creates Twitter Bot to Troll the Trolls
Facebook employees have already reportedly pushed to have his posts about banning Muslims from entering the country deemed hate speech. Continue reading Would Facebook or Twitter dare to ban Trump? [poll]
Did you realize that guessing somebody’s password (or, at least, using it to access an account without permission) is a crime? Continue reading 3 things you might not realize are cybercrimes
When blocking hate speech, we should look at the source, not the words. Continue reading Scientists Invented a Tool to Expose 4chan’s Racist Trolling Campaigns
According to new guidance for prosecutors, being “grossly abusive” to people will lead to the same prosecution as if it were done offline. 
Continue reading Cyberbullies could be jailed in the UK for ruining people’s lives