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Television
fromWIRED
1 day ago

The 'Heated Rivalry' Fandom Is Tearing Itself Apart

Obsessive parasocial fandom around a breakout hockey romance fuels intense online scrutiny, hate messaging, and ethical dilemmas for fan accounts handling paparazzi and unconsented content.
#lgbtq-athletes
fromWIRED
1 day ago
LGBT

LGBTQ+ Athletes Are Front and Center at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games

fromWIRED
1 day ago
LGBT

LGBTQ+ Athletes Are Front and Center at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games

Video games
fromKotaku
1 day ago

Highguard Dev Who Just Lost His Job Calls Out Toxic Online Reaction - Kotaku

Former Wildlight developer Josh Sobel describes severe online harassment and emotional toll following Highguard's trailer, while acknowledging some constructive marketing criticism.
Education
fromwww.independent.co.uk
3 days ago

Police investigation launched after deepfakes of school staff circulated online

Deepfake sexual images of Alderman Peel High School staff made from social media photos were posted online; police are investigating under the Communications Act.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

The Hate Behind the Screen

Online anonymity and social contagion drive widespread harassment, harming mental health and requiring balancing free speech with ethical responsibility to prevent harm and promote respect.
#gus-kenworthy
fromQueerty
5 days ago
US politics

Gus Kenworthy shrugs off the outrage brigade losing it over his "F*** ICE" message - Queerty

fromQueerty
5 days ago
US politics

Gus Kenworthy shrugs off the outrage brigade losing it over his "F*** ICE" message - Queerty

Media industry
fromFast Company
1 week ago

The HR exec from the Coldplay kiss cam incident is headlining a crisis PR conference

Kristin Cabot, who faced intense online shaming after appearing on a Coldplay kiss-cam, will headline a crisis-communications panel about reclaiming her narrative.
#nicki-minaj
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago
US politics

Nicki Minaj claims Chrissy Teigen is trans because she laughed at a joke about her butt - LGBTQ Nation

Nicki Minaj accused Chrissy Teigen of being transgender after Teigen reacted to Trevor Noah's jokes, prompting reminders about Minaj's husband's registered sex offender status.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago
US politics

Nicki Minaj claims Chrissy Teigen is trans because she laughed at a joke about her butt - LGBTQ Nation

#transphobia
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago
LGBT

"I can feel the ice getting thinner": A woman mourns watching her trans friends suffer through Trump - LGBTQ Nation

Organized online smear campaigns and political attacks are intensifying threats to trans women, causing job, family, and safety losses and eroding online safe spaces.
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago
LGBT

"I can feel the ice getting thinner": A woman mourns watching her trans friends suffer through Trump - LGBTQ Nation

Social justice
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

How Online Frat Mobs Target Sexual Assault Survivors

A University of Florida student was allegedly gang raped; the assault was recorded, circulated online, turned into memes, and the victim faced harassment and doxxing.
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 weeks ago

Broadway producers stand strong for trans actress amid brutal backlash: "Never acceptable" - LGBTQ Nation

"The producers of Six have chosen to temporarily limit access to the Broadway production's X account following a number of comments made in response to recent Broadway casting news, which we felt crossed the line into bullying," reads a statement provided to Playbill.
LGBT
Privacy technologies
fromMashable
3 weeks ago

Meta Ray-Ban glasses make it easy to film (and harass) strangers

Smart glasses like Meta Ray-Bans enable covert recording used in prank and pickup videos, causing harassment, privacy violations, and abuse of unsuspecting people.
Medicine
fromBustle
3 weeks ago

'Mormon Wives' Jessi Draper Explained What's Going On With Her Face

Jessi Draper underwent facial plastic surgery, is experiencing prolonged swelling during recovery, and is facing online harassment for her post-operative appearance.
World news
fromSocial Media Today
3 weeks ago

Meta Looks to Establish Definitive Rules on Banning Public Figures

Meta permanently disabled a widely followed Instagram account in 2025 for repeated Community Standards violations, including threats, harassment, slurs, and sexually explicit allegations.
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

"Cowardly" bigots rage after popular Broadway musical casts transgender actress - LGBTQ Nation

"Show some royal love to Queen Dylan Mulvaney, who will be joining the #SIXBroadway 5.0 cast as Anne Boleyn," producers announced last week.
LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Grok is undressing women and children. Don't expect the US to take action | Moira Donegan

In August 2025, Grok launched an image generator, branded as Grok Imagine, which featured a service geared toward creating nude, suggestive, or sexually explicit content, including computer-generated pornographic images of real women. The feature, which was quickly used to create naked images of celebrities like Taylor Swift, also allowed users to create brief videos, complete with animations and sounds. Musk also rolled out AI girlfriends on the platform: animated personas including female characters with exaggerated breasts and hips that interacted in sexually explicit ways
Artificial intelligence
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 month ago

"A lot of love": Gay couple shares the surprising reactions to their viral NYE kiss - LGBTQ Nation

"It's been an interesting mix of reactions!" Locci told Outsports. "We've had a lot of support, with people saying the kiss warmed their hearts, that they were so happy for us or that they needed to see that, especially after this last year." Locci, a physical therapist on Broadway shows, also runs a personal training company focused on LGBTQ+ health and wellness.
NYC LGBT
Privacy technologies
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'I was secretly filmed with smart glasses and then trolled online'

Smart glasses are being used to secretly film and circulate videos of women, causing fear, humiliation, and privacy violations.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 month ago

Animal Crossing mod which makes character 'curvier' leaves internet in ruins

The Animal Crossing: New Horizons modification, uploaded to the site GameBanana on Saturday (4 January), gives the cartoon Shih Tzu larger breasts and buttocks as well as a thinner waist. Activist and author Parker Molloy highlighted the fan-made addon in a seemingly bewildered post on BlueSky, asking: "Why, though?" Her post received such significant backlash, including a flurry of transphobic death threats, that Molloy not only deleted the post, but her entire Bluesky account.
LGBT
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Paris court finds 10 guilty of harassing Brigitte Macron online

A Paris court has found 10 people guilty of online harassment of the French first lady, Brigitte Macron, by posting or reposting malicious comments on social media that claimed falsely that she was a man. Eight men and two women, aged 41 to 60, including a school sports teacher, an art gallery owner and a publicist, were on Monday given sentences ranging from a compulsory course in understanding online harassment to an eight-month suspended prison sentence.
France news
#cyberbullying
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

You've Been Exposed': Podcaster Shawn Ryan and Dan Crenshaw Escalate Feud Over Alleged Threats

I gave you the opportunity to be a man. You didn't take it, Ryan said. I gave you the opportunity to speak to five and a half million people and prove to them that you are not insider trading. That's a f*cking gift, I might add. A gift and you turned it down. He added, I'm not gonna interview you now, I don't play games, I handle sh*t like a man.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Astronaut Amanda Nguyen says backlash from Blue Origin flight left her depressed

Nguyen, 34, was part of April's historic 11-minute flight, whose crew included pop star Katy Perry, broadcast journalist Gayle King, and journalist and wife of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez. The flight was heavily criticized for its environmental impact and critics questioned its purpose and use of resources.
Mental health
#misinformation
fromOmny Studio
1 month ago
Podcast

Diddy was acquitted of his most serious charges. The Internet blamed a woman who had nothing to do with it.

fromFortune
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Bill Gates identifies the biggest burden being passed on to his children after seeing his daughter harassed online | Fortune

fromOmny Studio
1 month ago
Podcast

Diddy was acquitted of his most serious charges. The Internet blamed a woman who had nothing to do with it.

fromFortune
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

Bill Gates identifies the biggest burden being passed on to his children after seeing his daughter harassed online | Fortune

#transgender-rights
#doxxing
fromHuffPost
1 month ago
US news

The Coldplay Kiss Cam Scandal Debate Is Back - And Therapists Say THIS Is Why It Went Viral

fromWIRED
3 months ago
US politics

Teachers Get Death Threats After MAGA Claims Their Halloween Costumes Mocked Charlie Kirk

fromHuffPost
1 month ago
US news

The Coldplay Kiss Cam Scandal Debate Is Back - And Therapists Say THIS Is Why It Went Viral

fromWIRED
3 months ago
US politics

Teachers Get Death Threats After MAGA Claims Their Halloween Costumes Mocked Charlie Kirk

fromBoston.com
1 month ago

The ritual shaming of the woman at the Coldplay concert

It made sense in the beginning, after she appeared on the Jumbotron, aghast, in the arms of her boss at a Coldplay concert on July 16, 2025, a moment that caused an international furor. The original TikTok received 100 million views within days. Cabot retreated, trying to make things right with the people who mattered most: her two teenage kids; her employer, the tech company Astronomer;
World news
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Megyn Kelly GOES OFF On Critics Trying to 'Shame' Her

Megyn Kelly defended privately mediating between Candace Owens and Erika Kirk, angrily rebuked online critics, and refused to publicly condemn Owens over conspiracy claims.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

Jennifer Welch Accuses Charlie Kirk of Having Justified' His Own Murder

Jennifer Welch claimed Charlie Kirk had justified gun deaths and thus effectively justified his own killing, while online celebration and mockery of his death spread.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Don't pander to the tech giants!' How a youth movement for digital justice is spreading across Europe

Teen-led #StopFisha campaign compelled platforms and government to moderate and promptly remove fisha accounts sharing intimate images and personal data.
US politics
fromLGBTQ Nation
2 months ago

Tim Walz's daughter unleashes on MAGA for harrassing her family: "You people are f**ing disgraceful" - LGBTQ Nation

Hope Walz condemned online and in-person harassment and slurs aimed at her family, especially attacks targeting her nonverbal-learning-disorder brother, after the president's insult.
Social justice
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

Cynthia Erivo Had An A+ Response To An Interviewer Repeatedly Calling Her "Tough" In An Awkward Clip

A Black woman faced racist, sexist online backlash and mischaracterization as 'tough' for defending her co-star, causing exhaustion and public sympathy.
Women
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 months ago

WATCH: Missouri News Anchor Flips Insults From Body-Shaming Trolls Into a Viral Takedown

A Missouri morning news anchor turns sexist, body‑shaming comments into viral comedic readings, gaining a large social media following.
fromwww.thelocal.es
2 months ago

Inside Spain: Don't say 'Charo' and is the V-16 light a money-making racket?

The Spanish Ministry of Equality has launched an initiative to try to eliminate the use of the term "Charo", a label that originated in Spanish online forums like Forocoches and is used pejoratively to mock feminist women over 30. Charo, a shortened version of Rosario, is actually a very common name in Spain. But referring to someone as "a Charo" has acquired a new meaning in the Spanish vernacular.
Miscellaneous
Digital life
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Twitch star QTCinderella says she wishes she never started streaming

QTCinderella regrets her streaming career because constant scrutiny, safety concerns, and harassment have diminished her enjoyment and she would be happier choosing a different career.
Television
fromBuzzFeed
2 months ago

Raven-Symone Once Dumped Her Now-Wife Because She Wasn't "Ready To Be With A White Person"

Miranda faced intense online harassment, including death threats, after comments about Raven, prompting Raven to publicly ask followers to stop the abuse.
Digital life
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

The Mexican hackers hunting pedophiles on the internet: It's becoming much easier to perpetrate this type of violence'

A large Telegram group circulated sexualized images of an Oaxacan schoolgirl, reflecting rampant digital sexual violence and overwhelming reporting to a small watchdog collective.
#deepfakes
fromWIRED
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

The Viral 'DoorDash Girl' Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators

fromWIRED
2 months ago
Artificial intelligence

The Viral 'DoorDash Girl' Saga Unearthed a Nightmare for Black Creators

Artificial intelligence
fromFuturism
2 months ago

ChatGPT Encouraged a Violent Stalker, Court Documents Allege

The DOJ alleges ChatGPT encouraged a man charged with interstate stalking and cyberstalking to continue harassment, monetize abuse, and view criticism as relevance.
Video games
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Final Fantasy 7's Aerith Asks You To Stop Sending Actors Smut

Sending pornographic fan art of characters to voice actors without consent is harassment and violates personal boundaries.
fromHuffPost
2 months ago

I Canceled Thanksgiving After My Husband And In-Laws Voted For Trump. I Didn't Expect What Happened Next.

I've never had an essay receive that much attention, with over a million views in just a few hours. I stood up straighter. I felt lighter. My step had a bounce, and I felt inspired to keep moving and do even more. This is what writers dream of - creating something that touches a large audience and makes them feel less alone, especially in the wake of what felt like such a tragedy.
US politics
fromRubyflow
2 months ago
Ruby on Rails

The Embarrassing Ruby/Rails Subreddit Chronicles 2025-11-24

Ruby/Rails subreddit members behave meanly and downvote without patient, respectful discourse, enabling unprofessional conduct despite members' established credentials.
fromKotaku
2 months ago

Ghost Of Yotei Dev Fired Over Charlie Kirk Joke Breaks Silence

Hundreds of people were fired for what they said about Charlie Kirk in the wake of his assassination earlier this year. Ex-Sucker Punch artist Drew Harrison was one of them. In her first interview since her joke about the murder prompted an online harassment campaign targeting the Ghost Of Yotei studio, she says Sony never asked her to remove the offending post or apologize for it before deciding to fire her.
Video games
#roblox
fromMashable
3 months ago

TikTok's flip the camera trend: What it is and why people are upset

The trend goes like this: A group of people, typically kids, gives their phone to someone else and asks them to record them doing a dance. They record the dance on the front-facing camera so the dancers can see themselves and at the end of the dance, they move towards the camera and flip it to reveal the person recording them.
Miscellaneous
Film
fromDefector
2 months ago

Which Fictional Character Would You Hate To See Go MAGA? | Defector

Admiration for entertainers and fictional characters erodes when they adopt MAGA-aligned politics or offensive behavior, leaving nostalgia tainted and emotional shock diminished.
US news
fromBoston.com
2 months ago

Backlash mounts after Boston University student claims credit for Allston ICE arrests

Zac Segal called ICE over suspected immigration issues at Allston Car Wash, prompting nine detentions, public backlash, and death threats while asserting community protection.
#antisemitism
US news
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

As social media grows more toxic, college athletes ask themselves: Is it worth it?

College basketball players face widespread online harassment, peaking around March Madness, undermining NIL opportunities and harming players' mental health.
fromBoston.com
3 months ago

Cape Cod man convicted of threatening state Rep. Steve Xiarhos

"Tell your tyrant to reel it in or the people will burn your house, office and tar and feather you in the streets of Hyannis," the threat said. "I will not support you or your trumpism. This is a warning of what the people are saying."
US news
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
3 months ago

Wexford strawberry grower left dismayed after 'keyboard warriors' accuse him of sharing animal cruelty video

A Wexford strawberry grower was accused on social media of sharing an animal-cruelty video, including a comment that displayed a hangman's noose, causing distress.
Right-wing politics
fromAdvocate.com
3 months ago

12 far-right influencers targeting the LGBTQ+ community

Right-wing online influencers have driven anti-LGBTQ+ extremism, amplifying anti-trans narratives, mobilizing harassment, and influencing legislation targeting queer rights.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
3 months ago

Trans ally Georgia Tennant contacts police after receiving death threats online

Over the weekend, Georgia Tennant posted a series of screenshots on her Instagram Stories, detailing some of the horrendous messages she has received on the platform. In one post, shared by Metro, a troll dubbed Tennant "sick" and told her to "die" and to "go back to the street". They also shared a false claim about her marriage to Good Omens actor David Tennant, branding her the "ex-wife" of the actor. Other messages called her "disgusting" and a "dirty w****" who deserved to "die for good", per the Daily Mail.
LGBT
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

Why Does the Most Harassed Man on Twitter Stay on Twitter? Let Him Explain.

Will Stancil has faced AI-driven threats, targeted harassment, and right-wing meme abuse on Musk's Twitter/X as the platform shifted toward harassers and extremist content.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

I felt violated': the Italian women taking on porn sites over doctored images

As she reeled from the discovery of a pornographic website featuring AI-generated images of herself naked, the prominent Italian journalist and writer Francesca Barra said the question that struck her the most came from her young daughter. She asked me: how do you feel?', Barra, 47, said. But what I heard was another more subtle question that my pre-adolescent daughter perhaps didn't have the courage to ask, and that was: If it happened to me, how would I handle it?'.
Women
fromGameSpot
3 months ago

The Witcher's Yennefer Actress Anya Chalotra Opens Up About Online Abuse

Season 4 of The Witcher is finally on Netflix, and with the final fifth season looming, the cast are opening up and reflecting on their time in Andrzej Sapkowski's fantastical world of monsters and magic. Anya Chalotra, who plays Yennefer of Vengerberg, did just that, revealing in a new interview that she'll miss her fierce sorceress but won't miss the online harassment.
Television
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
3 months ago

Singer Rachel Chinouriri issues scathing response to trolls calling her a 'man'

As a woman, I would like to remind anyone that is in the community I have built that I believe that trans women are women full stop and you cannot change my mind. The protection of trans people and the LGBTQ+ community is a duty I'd encourage everyone in my community to continue to fight for, we must protect the dolls. It's been an honour being able to see the variety of facially challenged and intellectually stunted come together below this post to bash a
LGBT
fromBusiness Matters
3 months ago

Pressure mounts on LinkedIn to close account of jailed stalker Sam Wall

LinkedIn is facing mounting calls to suspend the account of Sam Wall, a 55-year-old digital marketing strategist from Cheadle, who was jailed for 28 months on Friday after pleading guilty to stalking, harassment and malicious communication. Despite her conviction and a court-issued restraining order, Wall's LinkedIn Premium profile - with nearly 27,000 followers - remained active at the time of writing.
UK news
New York City
fromSlate Magazine
3 months ago

Her Boyfriend Was Killed in a Random NYC Attack. Right-Wing Trolls Mocked Her.

Claudia Morales, who witnessed boyfriend Ryan Carson's fatal stabbing and attempted CPR, was falsely targeted online with claims of noncooperation and anti‑police activism.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Lefty YouTuber Slammed for Halloween Post Attacking Charlie Kirk's Widow: 'Extremely Ugly'

Kyle Kulinski posted an AI-generated Halloween costume mocking Erika Kirk, provoking widespread condemnation from conservative commentators and social media users.
France news
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Ten people go on trial in Paris accused of online harassment of Brigitte Macron

Ten people stand trial in Paris accused of online harassment targeting Brigitte Macron over false claims about her gender.
#brigitte-macron
Tech industry
fromTheregister
3 months ago

The Register: Rules for comments and forums

Moderation must promptly remove threats, prejudicial group attacks, Nazi references, unfounded accusations, and advertisements to maintain a civil, expressive technology community.
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Walking Through Anxiety

When I was cast on the TV show "Survivor" in 2023 (yes, that show is still on), I thought I knew what anxiety felt like. I had spent years helping clients understand it, name it, and care for it. I had been in active therapy for around a decade. But living through it in front of millions of people is something no training could have prepared me for.
Mindfulness
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 months ago

Anti-LGBTQ+ hate is rising in Western nations both on & offline - LGBTQ Nation

Offline, there has been a surge of reported hate crimes and book bans, alongside a wave of government and legislative actions targeting LGBTQ+ rights (with a focus on trans people). Online, LGBTQ+ individuals face coordinated harassment campaigns, a rollback of digital protections, and systematic erasure from AI training data and moderation.
LGBT
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months ago

Ted Cruz Warns of Cancerous Right-Wing Anti-Semitism

Right-wing anti-Semitism is rapidly rising and spreading organically in the U.S., including within conservative and religious communities, posing a significant and growing threat.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
3 months ago

The world is becoming more dangerous for LGBTQ+ people, report warns

Violence against LGBTQ+ people has risen dramatically in every country across nearly all walks of life, according to the report. In the US, nearly 20 per cent of all hate crimes were motivated by anti-LGBTQ+ bias, according to details released by the FBI in August. In 2024, GLAAD tracked at least 918 incidents, including seven fatalities and 140 bomb threats.
LGBT
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