15 h. ago In this age of authoritarians, online abuse of women is soaring – and it’s leading to ‘real

Our UN report reveals the link between the online misogyny and offline crimes that are hounding women out of public lifeNetworked misogyny is now firmly established as a key tactic in the 21st-century authoritarian’s playbook. This is not a new trend – but it is now being supercharged by generative AI tools that make it easier, quicker and cheaper than ever to perpetrate online violence against women in public life – from journalists to human rights defenders, politicians and activists.The objectives are clear: to help justify the rollback of gender equality and women’s reproductive rights; to chill women’s freedom of expression and their participation in democratic deliberation; to discredit truth-tellers; and to pave the way for the consolidation of authoritarian power.Dr Julie Posetti is the director of the Information Integrity Initiative at TheNerve, a digital forensics lab founded by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. She is also a professor of journalism and chair of the Centre for ...

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17 h. ago UN agency reports rise in violence against women journalists and activists linked to online abuse

UN Women partners has published a new study that found more than two-thirds of women journalists, rights defenders and activists have reported violence online

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3 d. ago A Melbourne bakery found TikTok fame, before trolls began harassing its young staff. How the owners responded went viral

Montmorency Bakehouse decided to tackle online abuse head-on, asking viewers to ‘please stop with the thirsty comments’Lawrence Du knew instinctively that his parents’ bakery had the potential to pop off on social media.Shaun Du and Cindy Vuong opened Montmorency Bakehouse on the fringe of Melbourne’s east in 2003, after migrating to Australia from Vietnam. They started selling pillowy, coconut-dusted lamingtons, vanilla slices, chunky steak pies and crusty loaves of bread alongside crispy banh mi and rice paper rolls, creating a traditional country-style Australian bakery with a Vietnamese twist. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Red Bull 'sincerely regret' Kimi Antonelli comments after Mercedes driver receives death threats

Italian subjected to online abuse after “clearly incorrect” suggestions that he had deliberately allowed Lando Norris to overtake him at the Qatar Grand Prix

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8 d. ago Red Bull regret 'clearly incorrect' Kimi Antonelli claims after Mercedes driver receives death threats

Italian subjected to online abuse after suggestions that he had deliberately allowed Lando Norris to overtake him late on at the Qatar Grand Prix

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8 d. ago F1 star, 19, gets bombarded with death threats and over 1,100 vile messages

A Formula 1 driver has blacked out his social media after receiving over 1,100 vile messages, including death threats, following the Qatar Grand Prix

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9 d. ago Sydney police charge four men over alleged ‘international satanic child sex abuse material ring’

Detectives claim to have uncovered Sydney-based network involving online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic or satanic themesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNSW police say they have uncovered an “international satanic child sex abuse material ring” and charged four Australians for their alleged involvement.Detectives from the sex crimes squad said that as part of Strike Force Constantine, an investigation into the online distribution of child sexual abuse material involving ritualistic or satanic themes, they disrupted a Sydney-based network. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Football fans could face ban for setting off flares and online abuse

Ministers warns that behaviour of ‘minority’ puts other fans at risk

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1 week ago Top cop vows to bring "grooming gangs" and online child abusers to justice

The Chief Constable of Police Scotland Jo Farrell has vowed to crackdown on grooming gangs and other forms of child sex abuse. in a new report published today

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1 week ago ‘It crushed my confidence. I’ve never got over it’: Karen Carney on online abuse – and how Strictly is rebuilding her

She’s the emerging star of this year’s dance show, wowing judges with her paso doble. The pundit and former footballer talks about gentleness, bullying, her love of the Lionesses and why she’s never been so happyThe qualities that made Karen Carney an unstoppable winger on the football pitch – her speed and attack, and the sheer relentlessness of both – are more of a hindrance in the ballroom, for some of the dances at least. As the emerging star of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing, she has had to learn to slow down, stand up straighter, to be softer, and it’s taken a lot of hard work. On week eight, she had just performed the American Smooth, and her pro partner Carlos Gu was tearfully describing Carney’s work ethic. Who could watch her trying to hold back her own tears, chewing on emotion like a particularly tough bit of gristle, and fail to see a woman who was giving it everything?It was Carney’s dream to be on Strictly. The former England footballer, now TV pundit and podcaster...

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1 week ago Champions League roundup: Mbappé hits four at Olympiakos, Atlético stun Inter

Real Madrid edge home 4-3 in GreeceGiménez heads home in injury time for AtléticoKylian Mbappé scored the second-fastest hat-trick in the Champions League as he helped himself to all four goals in Real Madrid’s 4-3 win at Olympiacos.The La Liga leaders were trailing to Chiquinho’s early strike at the Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis before Mbappé intervened with a seven-minute treble after 22, 24 and 29 minutes. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Basketball Australia joins with online safety platform to combat social media abuse

Basketball Australia and its men's and women's professional leagues have unveiled an online safety platform to help athletes and teams protect themselves from social media abuse

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2 w. ago Man jailed for grooming young girls online and before sexually abusing them

Derek Johnson, 59, admitted 16 sex offences relating to children aged between 13 and 16.

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2 w. ago Scots primary school cancels Christmas show after ‘racist’ online abuse

Police said they have received a report of threatening and abusive online communications and are investigating.

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2 w. ago Primary school forced to cancel Christmas show after racist abuse

Police said they have received a report of threatening and abusive online communications and are investigating

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2 w. ago Primary school Christmas show cancelled after ‘racist’ online abuse

Children will now take part in other ‘festive learning’ opportunities, the local council said.

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2 w. ago Ofcom boss: I limit my use of social media amid fears of online abuse

The internet regulator has published guidance urging providers to take more responsibility for protecting users online.

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2 w. ago Ofcom urges tech firms to tackle toxic online abuse of women

The regulator says the digital world is ‘not serving women and girls the way it should’

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2 w. ago Online Safety Act will 'bring justice' to more abuse victims, senior prosecutor tells Daily Mail podcast after 'sadistic' paedophile Karl Davies is jailed for 20 years in landmark case

Karl Davies, 42, from the Wirral, was jailed for 20 years in October after pleading guilty to 17 offences relating to a schoolgirl aged between 13 and 14.

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2 w. ago Digital violence is 'spreading at alarming speed' as millions of women face online abuse

A new report from UN Women has found that digital violence is intensifying, yet nearly half of the world's women and girls lack legal protection from digital abuse

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