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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Cate McCurry

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Targeting pubic figures online should be hate crime - The Untold Story

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Online attacks targeting public figures should be considered as a specific hate crime, a cyber-psychologist has recommended.

Mary Aiken, a professor of cyberpsychology and chairwoman of the Department of Cyberpsychology at Washington DC’s STEM University, said that politicians are subjected to online abuse by trolls.

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