Another fifteen year old girl named Amanda — this time not Todd, but Cummings — killed herself after bullying, depression and a bad break-up. And people claiming to be from 4chan and 9gag (the most odious among 4chan’s numbers often use them as a scapegoat) are, again, swarming to make her family’s life post-suicide miserable, …
Tag Archive: cyber-bullying
Oct 13 2012
Cyber-bullying kills again
Amanda Todd, a thirteen-year-old girl in Maple Ridge, BC, was flattered and cajoled and coerced into flashing someone while playing around with friends on webcam. Someone took a screenshot — apparently they didn’t vet who was on that webcam chat very well. But they were young, and stupid, and there’s a damn good reason the …
Tags: bigotry, bullying, cyber-bullying, hatred, pedophilia, suicide
Jul 27 2012
RCimT: Dispatches from the Misogyny Wars
I’ve had quite a week, and the well’s pretty close to dry as far as spare resources with which to blog. Thankfully, it’s not like the rest of the blogosphere runs on my specific contributions! Therefore, have a link roundup of things that people have written that are worth reading. The theme for this Random …
Tags: bigotry, blogosphere, cyber-bullying, false equivalency, gender, misogyny, rape
Jul 12 2012
Digital archaeology of Elevatorgate – a timeline
Oh, the huge manatee! Suirauqa has taken it upon xirself to chronicle the origin of the DEEEEP RIIIIIIFT that the community has found itself in, between people who think Rebecca Watson magically ruins everything by her mere presence, and people who think she’s just another human being. Xir googling efforts are chronicled here, and the …
Apr 04 2012
Trolling to be illegal worldwide (Updated: bill dead!)
Update: The below is mostly nullified as the bill was sent back to the House with amendments, but died anyway. Thank goodness. Of course, all the other non-trolling-related nonsense mentioned below still stands! Well, if you happen to troll someone in Arizona, anyway. Arizona House Bill 2549 passed both legislative houses last Thursday and is …
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