When Val Flynn launched his music career, he knew being active on social media would be a key part of building an audience. Warning: This article talks about racially motivated abuse. But the ...

If you noodled around the internet long enough in the 1980s, sooner or later you’d get scrolled. It was a known hazard. You’d be innocently playing Colossal Cave Adventure, minding your own business, ...

This story is not a good idea. Not for society and certainly not for me. Because what trolls feed on is attention. And this little bit–these several thousand words–is like leaving bears a pan of ...

Online trolling is having a devastating impact on Australian society, with research suggesting 39% of Australians have experienced one or more forms of online harassment. The impact is significant to ...

Curtis Woodhouse earns a living punching people in the face, so it’s fair to say he’s one of the last men you’d hurl insults at if you saw him on the street. But people tend to be a bit braver once ...

If you thought that the internet had a chance of becoming a nicer place at any point in the near future, it might be time to give up hope. "Harassment, trolls, and an overall tone of griping, distrust ...

As politicians become increasingly comfortable with social media, they've also begun dabbling in its darker impulses, employing tweets and Facebook posts as bait in a partisan war of words. Yes, ...

Legal experts have warned the federal government's attempt to tackle abuse and trolling online might not offer much protection to ordinary social media users. Prime Minister Scott Morrison previously ...