TikTok ‘still hosting toxic posts’ of banned influencer Andrew Tate Analysis by hate monitoring organisation shows platform has shown reality star’s content ‘despite pledge’ to crack down The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2022
Sharp rise in ‘globalist plot’ claims online against Rishi Sunak New PM targeted in tweets using often dog-whistle term drawing on antisemitic conspiracy theories The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022
Rachel Riley reveals sexually explicit DMs sent by trolls on Instagram Riley admitted the extreme content she receives in direct messages ‘turned her stomach’ Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2022
Instagram ‘systematically ignores’ misogynist abuse of female public figures, report claims 90% of offending accounts remain active after abusive messages reported, research finds The Independent UK · Apr 6, 2022
Rachel Riley shares her direct messages to show how women are abused online Women in the public eye are not being protected from abuse, new report says Chronicle Live · Apr 6, 2022
Rachel Riley gives access to her DMs to show how women are abused online Amber Heard also provided evidence of abuse for the report into Instagram Wales Online · Apr 6, 2022
High-profile women on Instagram face ‘epidemic of misogynist abuse’, study finds Messages analyzed were to well-known social media users such as Jamie Klingler, Rachel Riley and Bryony Gordon The Guardian - US · Apr 6, 2022
Amber Heard, others blast Instagram for inaction on abusive DMs Five high-profile women shared often "revolting" unsolicited DMs for a new study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Input · Apr 6, 2022
Facebook fails to label 80% of posts promoting bioweapons conspiracy theory A study found that external articles shared on the bioweapons myth were not labeled as ‘false information’ or ‘missing context’ The Guardian - US · Mar 31, 2022
The rise of hoax news: How a shameful new industry is profiting from war The extremely online nature of modern warfare has spawned a cottage industry of scammers, fraud artists, and disinformation merchants trying to profit from crisis, Io Dodds writes The Independent UK · Mar 1, 2022
Facebook overlooks half the climate denial content on its platform, study finds A new report from the Center for Countering Digital Hate finds that even well-known climate denial publications are being overlooked. Input · Feb 24, 2022
Far right celebrates after Johnson repeats ‘Savile slur’ in parliament The prime minister was widely criticised for repeating the slur that is widespread online – but extremists were delighted The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2022
Anti-vaxxers making ‘at least $2.5m’ a year from publishing on Substack Center for Countering Digital Hate research calculates that anti-vaccine figures could be making $12.5m from the online platform The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2022