Trolls

Paris Brown Quits Over Hate Tweets

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK

Read More: Paris-Brown-Twitter, Twitter Abuse, UK News, Twitter, UK Police, Paris Brown, Paris-Brown-Apologises, Kent-Police-Youth-Commissioner, Kent Police, Trolls, UK News

Britain's first youth crime commissioner Paris Brown is stepping down from the role following the publication of messages she wrote on Twitter, she ha...

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Paris Brown's Tweets To Be Investigated By Police Force Which Employs Her

PA/ The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK

Read More: Paris-Brown-Twitter, Twitter Abuse, Twitter, UK News, Paris Brown, UK Police, Paris-Brown-Apologises, Kent-Police-Youth-Commissioner, Kent Police, Trolls, UK News

Social media messages written by Britain's first youth police and crime commissioner are being investigated by the force that employs her, following c...

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This Is Wheel Life

Charles Donovan | Posted 03.05.2013 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Internet, Wheelchair, Meow Meow, Drugs, Paraplegic, Disability, Wheelchairs, Trolling, Mephedrone, Handicap, Trolls, Handicapped, UK Lifestyle News

Today, I bump into the edges of doorways. While stretching to pick up one thing, I manage to drop several others. I reverse into tables. I crash into entrances and misjudge distances. There is so much to learn about wheelchairs. I cannot think where to start.

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Trolling Affects 'One In Three'

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

Read More: UK News, Charity, Bullying, Young People, Cyber Bullying, News, Trolling, Vinspired, Cyber Attacks, Trolls, UK News

Alarming new research has revealed the full extent of online bullying and the damage it causes amongst young people. A third of young people have b...

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Withheld Number, Withheld Responsibility

Dale Bilson | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Tech

Read More: Telephones, Stalking, Stalker, Phone Stalking, Stalkers, Trolling, Trolls, Internet Trolls, Communication, UK Tech News

'Trolling' is not a new phenomenon. In fact I'm sure it is a practice which has existed ever since remote communication began. And the trollers have a tool which is even more powerful, and far more established, with which to terrorise their victims - the withheld number.

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Delete Abusive Tweets, And You May Not Get Nicked

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.02.2013 | UK

Read More: Twitter Abuse, Twitter Prosecution, UK News, Twitter, Keir Starmer, Internet Trolls, Trolls, UK News

Swiftly deleting abusive tweets may save offenders from being brought before court, the country's leading prosecutor has said. Keir Starmer, direct...

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Twitter Message: LOL, Your Reputation Is at Risk

Jane Sparrow | Posted 01.04.2013 | Home

Read More: Fraud, Hemingway, Google, Social Media, Vine, Twitter, Human Error, Blackrock, Recruitment, Facebook, Cipd, Porn, Trolls, Home News

Communication's completed a huge curve of development and returned to a medium that drives brevity and encourages short cuts, leaving little room for chatty content. That said, it's become an art from that's produced some classic tweets that come close to Hemingway's famous, poignant six-word story: "Baby shoes for sale, never worn."

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Faggots, Trolls and Azealia Banks

Andrew Doyle | Posted 23.03.2013 | UK Comedy

Read More: Twitter, Perez Hilton, Social Networking, Angel Haze, Gay, Patrick Strudwick, Internet Trolls, Social Media, Chris Moyles, Hip Hop, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Chris Rock, Youtube, Azealia Banks, Bigotry, NoHomophobes.Com, Trolls, UK Comedy News

I doubt very much that Banks is a homophobe. She has worked with many gay artists and is bisexual herself. But the fact that sales of her music have risen sharply since her tweet to Perez Hilton probably suggests that she won't be admonishing the homophobic members of her fan base any time soon... We all know that freedom of speech is fundamental to any democratic society. If you want to say the word "faggot" you are free to do so, but you should also accept the consequences.

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Did Social Media Kill Shane McEntee?

David Prescott | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK Politics

Read More: Social Media, Tech, Twitter, Crime, Irish Politics, Internet Culture, Facebook, Trolling, Trolls, Shane McEntee, UK Politics News

Social media is making politicians better public servants. But in return, the public must recognise that they are only human and criticism is ten times more worse when others get to see it.

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Q&A With Twitter's Good Guy - 'Positive Troll'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.10.2012 | UK Comedy

Read More: Comedy Gossip, Twitter Trolls, Twitter, Funny Tweeters, Positive Troll, Funny Tweets, Pics & Giggles, Funny People on Twitter, Trolling, Trolls, Internet Trolls, UK Comedy News

In the old days, they were evil and lurked under bridges. Nowadays, they're evil and lurk on message boards. But one person trying to give trolls a go...

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The Limits of Free Expression

Jane Fae | Posted 10.12.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Facebook, Matthew Woods, Blogging, Free Speech, Lorrie Hartshorn, Sentencing, Azhar Ahmed, Jack of Kent, Internet, Twitter, Trolling, Trolls, UK Politics News

I never thought I'd find myself saying this, but...as one Facebook poster receives a short sharp prison sentence for a series of vile posts about Apri...

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Meeting A Troll: One Man's Harrowing Account

Traynor's Eye | Traynor's Eye | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Trolls, UK News, Trolling, UK Tech News

Meeting A Troll: One Man's Harrowing Account...

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'My Heart And Soul Are Torn Apart'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.08.2012 | UK

Read More: Motherhood, Lost at Sea, Facebook, Search-Party, UK Police, Missing Children, Trolls, UK News

UPDATE: The Facebook page carrying a post apparently pretending to be from a four-year-old boy lost at sea has been removed. The mother of a four-y...

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'Britain Is A Nation Of 62 Million Complete And Utter B*****ds'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 16.08.2012 | UK

Read More: Twitter, UK News, Bbc, Top Gear, Richard Hammond, James May, Slideexpand, Jeremy Clarkson, Trolls, UK News

Jeremy Clarkson has lambasted Britain as “a nation of 62 million complete and utter b*****ds” after being mocked for announcing the death of his d...

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'Positive Troll': Our New Favourite Twitter Account

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK Comedy

Read More: Twitter Trolls, Twitter, Positive Troll, Funny Tweets, Pics & Giggles, Funny People on Twitter, Trolling, Internet Trolls, Trolls, UK Comedy News

'Trolls' were once cute little toys with elf-like faces, huge vibrant hair, and the amazing ability to fit exactly on top of pencils. But then alon...

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I Asked Twitter What I Should Blog About - The Most Popular Question? How Do You Feel About Trolls...

Dawn O'Porter | Posted 02.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Internet, Twitter, Lifestyle, Dawn Porter, Cyber Bullying, Bullying, Trolls, Twitter Trolls, UK Tech, Internet Trolls, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News

Trolling hurts, it hurts bad. The worst thing about trolling? When people say 'it's part of the job' when you're in the public eye.

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Blue Peter Presenter Becomes Latest Celeb To Leave Twitter Over Abuse

The Huffington Post UK | Charlie Lindlar | Posted 01.08.2012 | UK

Read More: UK Celebrity, Tom Daley, Twitter Trolls, Twitter, UK Entertainment, UK News, Helen Skelton, Blue Peter, Trolls, UK News

Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton has decided to leave the microblogging site Twitter, claiming her "not very thick skin" meant she could not deal wi...

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Anti-Islamophobia: Beware the Cynical Bandwagon

Ram Mashru | Posted 13.09.2012 | UK Politics

Read More: Islamophobia, Muslims, Racism, Minorities, Anti-Bullying, Trolls, Mehdi Hasan, Race Relations, UK Politics News

In the hierarchy of hatreds Islamophobia sits near the very top, alongside every other form of prejudice that attacks a person for things over which they have no control.

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Internet Trolls Up Their Harassment Game With 'Beat Up Anita Sarkeesian'

The Huffington Post | Sarah O'Meara | Posted 06.07.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Read More: Beat Up, Misogyny, Women, Anita Sarkeesian, UK News, Bullying, Threats, Online, Game, Slideexpand, Harrassment, Trolls, UK Lifestyle News

A sick online game in which users are invited to ‘Beat up Anita Sarkeesian’ is the latest online bullying exercise to hit the web. When America...

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Defamation Bill Moves To End The Rule Of The Trolls

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 11.08.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Isps, Defamation Bill, UK-Innovation, UK News, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, Ken Clarke, Online Privacy, UK Defamation, Trolling, Trolls, UK Tech News

The age of the troll could be over. Websites might be forced to unmask people who post defamatory statements online. Under new government propo...

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Troll Hunting

Junaid Alvi | Posted 22.06.2012 | UK Tech

Read More: Forums, Twitter, Liam Stacey, Facebook, Trolling, Fabrice Muamba, Trolls, UK Tech, Abu Hamza, Internet Trolls, UK Tech News

Trolling recently got a lot of media coverage after a 21 year-old Swansea University student, Liam Stacey, was jailed for 56 days for tweeting various racist and offensive comments following the footballer Fabrice Muamba's cardiac arrest.

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In Search of My Top Ten

Oliver Warren | Posted 05.06.2012 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Top Ten List, Top Ten, Annie Hall, Magnolia, Moulin Rouge, The Backseat Director, Nostalgia, The Station Agent, Movies, Screenplay, Movie Reviews, Steven Speilberg, Procrastination, Jackie Brown, Trolls, UK Entertainment News

There's nothing more divisive that a definitive list of anything. Taste is as subjective as politics, only twice as infuriating. If some fool elevates a piece of tat over your own particular hero, they deserve flaming, scorn and possibly even burning at the stake.

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Take a Walk on the Wild Side

Alan_McGee | Posted 18.11.2011 | UK

Read More: Internet, Internet Hoaxers, Hoaxes, Internet Hoaxes, Alan McGee, Creation-Records, Email, Technology, Trolls, Internet Trolls, UK News

The bad side (of the internet) are the freaks. But you know even then they make me laugh with the advent of the keyboard gladiators. I have encountered all types through the online world, but there is one which even by my own weird adventures was the biggest freak I have ever met yet.

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Troll Wars

Dom Joly | Posted 01.10.2011 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Online Bullying, Social Media, Twitter, Dom Joly, Celebrity, Cyber Bullying, Internet Trolls, Trolls, Uktvcomedy, UK Entertainment News

One of the downsides of being a "celebrity" Tweeter is the preponderance of people who seem to hang about in dingy bedrooms in their dirty underwear "trolling". A troll is somebody who sends abusive tweets, often to celebrities- some are simply negative comments on a career, others are far more abusive and personal. Accepted practice is "do not feed the trolls". The general feeling is that these low-lives need the attention and that by replying or interacting with them you are giving them what they want. I beg to differ.

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They See Me Trollin'

Jonathan Frost | Posted 10.09.2011 | UK Entertainment

Read More: David Thorne, Internet, 4chan, Anonymous, Internet Culture, Something Awful, Trolling, Trolls, UK Entertainment News

Trolling is the stuff of internet myth and legend. Using the internet as a platform, the troll is a person that will go out of their way to try and spark an argument by making deliberately stupid or offensive comments, safe in the knowledge that they are out of harm's reach. And, to be fair, it can be hilarious if done well, spiting the everyday internet user into an all out rage in a very public way for the entertainment of many.

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