5 d. ago British Wimbledon star 'trying not to look at phone' after barrage of abuse

The 26-year-old said she has had to stop looking at her phone because of the harassment following her exit from the tournament

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6 d. ago British tennis star not looking at her phone after Wimbledon loss due to 'abuse from gamblers'

Jodie Burrage has recently opened up about the online abuse she receives, with pig emojis often posted on her Instagram

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1 week ago Popular crime writer calls on Goodreads to 'protect authors from online abuse'

Authors have called out Goodreads for failing to remove negative reviews of their novels before they've been released yet - with claims that it constitutes "online abuse"

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1 week ago Lewis Hamilton reacts to ‘significant’ social media abuse F1 drivers face

Drivers such as Jack Doohan and Yuki Tsunoda have faced abuse online from angry fans this season

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1 week ago Andy Murray plans to keep his kids away from ‘damaging’ social media

Boulter spoke out about the level of abuse she and other tennis players receive online.

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2 w. ago Katie Boulter must do one simple thing to beat cowardly cretins who abuse her

Katie Boulter just has to ignore the online abuse, she isn't the first and won't be the last to receive horrible messages but the situation won't disappear by moaning about it

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2 w. ago Judge slams 'outrageous' online shaming and abuse aimed at victim of serial rapist Zhenhao Zou

Police and prosecutors believe there are many more of Zou’s victims who have not yet been identified

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2 w. ago Carlos Alcaraz makes sad admission as British tennis star goes public

Katie Boulter has been a victim of online abuse throughout her career and has called for better protection for players after widespread threats against her and her family

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2 w. ago Police say a German man engaged in cybergrooming and pressured a US teen to kill himself

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Germany on suspicion of engaging in an online campaign of cybergrooming and virtual sexual abuse of children

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2 w. ago England players avoid social media ahead of Euros citing abuse and harassment

England striker Alessia Russo and other Lioness players have said they will stay off social media ahead of the European Championship in Switzerland, citing 'damaging' online abuse

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3 w. ago Katie Boulter ‘felt a lot of love’ from response after revealing online abuse

The 28-year-old has been sent death threats relating to her and her family.

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3 w. ago Kate Forbes on 'exhausting' online abuse and the 'unacceptable' Rupert Everett comments on Nicola Sturgeon

Kate Forbes, the Deputy First Minister, said the constant misogynistic abuse online is ‘exhausting’.

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3 w. ago Katie Boulter reveals reply to online troll after receiving death threats

The British No 2 has detailed the extent of online abuse following her second round match at the French Open in an ever-increasing issue in tennis

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3 w. ago Katie Boulter opens up over ‘awful’ online abuse sent to tennis players

British player talks about receiving toxic messages‘I don’t think there’s anything off the cards now’The British tennis No 2 Katie Boulter has lifted the lid on the level of abuse aimed at some players and revealed she and her family have received death threats.Boulter shared her experiences with BBC Sport to highlight the issue of players receiving toxic messages online. The 28-year-old’s examples included a message telling her to buy “candles and a coffin for your entire family” with a reference to her “grandmother’s grave if she’s not dead by tomorrow”, one stating she should “go to hell” as she had cost the poster money, and another stating “hope you get cancer”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Katie Boulter reveals online abuse sent to her and other tennis players

British player talks about receiving toxic messages‘I don’t think there’s anything off the cards now’The British No 2, Katie Boulter, has revealed the level of abuse aimed at some players and said she and her family have received death threats. Boulter shared her experiences with BBC Sport to highlight players receiving toxic messages online.The 28-year-old’s examples included a message telling her to buy “candles and a coffin for your entire family” with a reference to her “grandmother’s grave if she’s not dead by tomorrow”, one stating she should “go to hell” as she had cost the poster money and another stating “hope you get cancer”. In 2014, Boulter detailed the harassment that can accompany a higher profile in the game. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Modern Family star Ariel Winter, 27, talks 'scary' move of posing as a 12

The Hollywood veteran became a part of undercover operations for the nonprofit SOSA - Safe from Online Sex Abuse - for a true crime docuseries on YouTube called SOSA Undercover.

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