Microsoft joins effort to curb 'revenge porn'

Microsoft announced Wednesday it was joining an effort to curb so-called "revenge porn," by helping victims remove links to sexually explicit images of them posted without their consent.

Singapore oulaws 'revenge porn', 'cyber-flashing'

Singapore has outlawed "revenge porn" and "cyber-flashing"—sending unsolicited images of one's private parts —the latest country to clamp down on sexual offences committed online.

Reddit out to tame its wild side

Popular online bulletin board Reddit is mulling ways to make its free-for-all discussions more civil by restraining what people can post, a move that could anger some of the site's most passionate members.

Fighting online abuse shouldn't be up to the victims

The fight against online abuse has put increasing pressure on social media corporations to take responsibility for the content that appears on their platforms. As a result, Twitter, Facebook and other sites have created buttons ...

Current sexual abuse laws leave online victims unprotected

People's lives have been shattered by so-called "revenge porn," upskirting, fake porn, sexual extortion and videos of sexual assaults and rape shared online. Victims and survivors can experience profound "social rupture"—a ...

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