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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey speaks during a press event at CES 2019 at the Aria Resort & Casino on 9 January 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Picture: AFP

Cyber bullying

Twitter to experiment with limiting replies in effort to combat online abuse

By Reuters

Social media firms are under pressure to address harassment on their sites, which often occurs in unsolicited replies targeting women and minorities.

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    943 days ago
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    Selena Gomez wants people to cut down on social media

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    965 days ago
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    [LISTEN] Is technology making us lonelier?

    Aurecon's Sonja de Klerk looks at whether modern technology is making us lonelier than ever.

    1299 days ago
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    Rosario Dawson bans daughter from social media

    The 'Daredevil' actress refuses to let her daughter Lola,15, have a mobile phone as she thinks she should be focusing on developing herself rather than what she presents online.

    1377 days ago
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    [LISTEN] Global group protects children from online predators

    A group of people from all over the world have teamed up to protect young online users from paedophiles or any other potential victimisation.

    1382 days ago
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    [LISTEN] Do you know what apps your children are using?

    Radio 702 presenter Azania Mosaka speaks to an associate at the Digital Law Company, Rorke Wilson, about apps that you and your children should look out for and why you should be concerned.

    1468 days ago
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    Public warned not to fall prey to online criminals

    A man was thrown from a building and his friend robbed when they went to meet a person who was apparently selling a camera.

    1505 days ago
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    Britain to tackle 'Wild West' internet with new laws

    Better regulating social media companies has long been an aim of a government that has struggled to carry out its agenda with Britain’s departure from the European Union taking up much of ministers’ time.

    1505 days ago
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    WC Education Dept concerned by alleged suicide attempt of girl on sex list

    One of 31 children whose names are mentioned in a so-called sex list has allegedly tried to take her life.

    1559 days ago
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    Counselling to be provided to pupils after ‘sex list’ goes viral

    The children whose names appear on the list are all believed to be minors who attend various schools in the Atlantis area.

    1560 days ago
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    Twitter seeks proposals to improve content quality on its platform

    The company's new approach would be based on identifying metrics to gauge the 'health of public conversations' and ways to measure it.

    1585 days ago
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    Twitter bars tactics used by 'bots' to spread false stories

    Twitter bots disseminated propaganda before the 2016 US elections and have continued to inflame US politics under cover of anonymity, academic researchers and US authorities say.

    1593 days ago
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    [LISTEN] Impact of bullying and cyber bullying in our schools

    Clinical Psychologist Stephanie Bové says it is important for schools to not be reactive to bullying, but rather find ways to prevent it.

    1617 days ago
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    Cyber-attack sweeps globe, researchers see ‘WannaCry’ link

    The rapidly spreading cyber extortion campaign underscored growing concerns that businesses have failed to secure their networks from aggressive hackers.

    1832 days ago
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    Man accused of cyber-bullying Amanda Todd sentenced

    Aydin Coban convinced young girls and gay men to take off their clothes in front of web cams and then used the images to blackmail them.

    1935 days ago
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    Kesha fights back against cyberbullying

    Kesha appears in a new Public Service Announcement for Hack Harassment, to raise awareness on cyberbullying.

    1976 days ago
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    Twitter to upgrade some features to thwart cyber-bullying

    The company said it would expand the 'mute' option to allow users to block tweets based on keywords.

    2056 days ago
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