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Sarah Jeong on Online Trolling and Harassment

Jun 18, 2016

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jon

in social computing, Tales from the Net

Notes from an Ars Technica Live discussion with Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Fariva

The first Facebook skirmish of the 2012 election

Apr 21, 2011

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jon

in Personal, Tales from the Net

Not too shabby at all.Â The Town Hall itself seems to have gone well (Ryan Singel’s Softball questions, familiar themes has the details in Wired, and Sharon Gaudin’s A Sign of Things to Come in Computerworld puts it in context), but there’s no question that ForAmerica showed a lot of strength on what used to…

Dealing with trolls on Twitter: #p2, #tcot, #topprog, #bipart, and a magic search query

Feb 20, 2009

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jon

in Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

One of the challanges with using Twitter for activism is one that’s all too familiar to anybody who’s spent time online: dealing with trolls and other disruptions.*Â Twitter hashtags are completely open, so anybody can post on them, which means we frequently see tweets like: I should also state that some sissy liberal might find…

Computers, Freedom, and Privacy 2008: showtime!

May 20, 2008

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jon

in political, privacy, Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

CFP2008 traditionally starts off with a day of tutorials. I was on a panel organized by Lillie Coney of EPIC on E-Deceptive Campaign Practices: â€œElections 2.0″, which was extremely interesting; I discussed examples of, and responses to, e-deception based on my activism experiences this election season, much of which I’ve blogged about here already. Tova…

Hillary Clinton Facebook group overrun by troll mob

May 10, 2008

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jon

in political, Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

The Hillary Clinton group got overrun with trolls last night. A Facebook bug â€” thatâ€™s been reported and unfixed since February â€” prevented the admins from being able to react. I saved a snapshot of a series of 25 threads with sexist (and in many cases racist) subjects; I won’t quote them, but trust me,…

Allies in the blogosphere

May 4, 2008

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jon

in political, Professional, social computing, Tales from the Net

There’s so much to write about for Angry Black Woman’s Carnival of Allies that it’s hard to know where to start. At first I thought of focusing on “why the usual excuses are not good enough.” As the month of April went on, though, with brownfemipower’s and Blackamazon’s final statements, the growing list of women…

Community defense vs. trolls in the One Million Strong for Barack Facebook group

Mar 3, 2008

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jon

in political, social computing, Tales from the Net

Like a lot of political sites these days, the Barack Obama Facebook page and One Million Strong for Barack group have been suffering from an infestation of trolls and hate speech. Obama supporters, like others, use Facebook to help with “get out the vote” work (for example posting links to information about polling places) and…

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