The government has launched an anti-trolling website offering practical tips to people who find themselves the victims of online abuse on how to report the offence and where to seek help.
The site is particularly aimed at women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, because they have suffered some of the most extreme online abuse since the explosion in use of social media. It explains how to identify abuse and get offensive content removed.
The Stop Online Abuse site, launched on Saturday, offers help to people facing online harassment, revenge porn, hate speech, sexual harassment and blackmail. It provides legal advice and practical tips on how to respond to derogatory and abusive comments online.
A variety of different forms of online abuse are highlighted on the site, from trolling (deliberately posting “offensive, upsetting or inflammatory comments online in an attempt to hurt and provoke a response&rdquo
to doxxing (publishing personal information about someone, including sex videos and photos, also known as revenge porn) and cyberstalking (“a pattern of online behaviour that is the long-term, intrusive and persistent pursuit of one person by another, making the victim feel frightened and distressed&rdquo.
[For more of this story, written by Amelia Gentleman, go to http://www.theguardian.com/soc...victims-online-abuse]
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