Trolling

Pulwama aftermath: Telecom dept offers grievance redressal to journalists receiving abusive messages, threats on social media

In a crackdown on trolls and vitriolic sentiments being spread via social media, the DoT has provided a platform to those receiving abusive and inappropriate WhatsApp messages and asked them to report them with screenshots and contact number of the abuser.

Kangana Ranaut's Manikarnika making video surfaces online; Twitter takes jibe at actress riding a mechanical horse

Twitter says Kangana Ranaut's stunts were so 'difficult' that even Hollywood actor Tom Cruise would have a difficult time matching her skills.

Saba Qamar's smoking pictures leaked on social media, conservatives ask 'Are you even a Muslim?'

Today in daily sexism and misogyny: Saba Qamar has dethroned Mahira Khan to become the archetypal 'Muslim woman who also likes her cigarettes'.

Most people cannot accept an artist who speaks up or questions authority, TM Krishna tells Firstpost

In the wake of his New Delhi concert being cancelled by the AAI (allegedly due to threats from right-wing groups) TM Krishna dwells on the role of art — and the artist — in a democracy

Online rape threats, abuse and vicious attacks: The price that Indian women in politics pay for being opinionated

As the country hopes for a more gender-balanced political participation, the vitriolic hate spewed against women politicians becomes a major deterrent.

Twitter to make login via phone number or email mandatory to fight abusive bots

New Twitter users will now have to confirm an email address or phone number to register an account.

Congress comes to Sushma Swaraj’s defence after vicious trolling; BJP ministers and leaders maintain silence

BJP ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Smriti Irani, too, have not come out in defence of Sushma Swaraj, which did not go unnoticed by her supporters.

Stranger Things actor Millie Bobby Brown quits Twitter after becoming target of homophobic memes

Millie Bobby Brown will return as Eleven in the third season of Netflix's sci-fi series Stranger Things.

Rishi Kapoor abuses Twitter user for criticising Ranbir's Sanju; comedian Aditi Mittal says he spreads 'hate and misogyny'

Rishi Kapoor hit out at a Twitter user who criticised his son Ranbir's Sanju trailer.

ABVP members allegedly attack DU student activist Kawalpreet Kaur at event on online harassment of women

DU student Kawalpreet Kaur was at Satyawati College to speak about her own experience of online harassment. The unions, which included the ABVP, were protesting the invite extended to her