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Japan Enacts New Law With Up to 1 Year in Prison Now for Online Abuse!

Online abuse is clearly a pretty huge problem. And, unfortunately, one that doesn’t seem to have a magic bullet solution either. – I mean, you only have to spend ...

June 19, 2022 at 9:52 am by

Microsoft Study Finds the Internet Community Might Be Getting Nicer

I don’t think it’s any secret that the general anonymity offered by the internet often results in a number of people saying things online that they’d never ...

February 14, 2022 at 8:08 am by

Australia Propose New Law to Force Social Media Platforms to Reveal ‘Trolls’

I think it would be fair to say that anyone who has spent long enough on the internet, and particularly social media, has, at some point or another, probably said something ...

November 29, 2021 at 10:45 am by

YouTube Tests Removing ‘Dislike’ Option From Videos

I am personally of the opinion that you shouldn’t put yourself on public social media such as YouTube unless you are entirely willing to take the good with the bad. And ...

April 1, 2021 at 9:04 am by

Microsoft Updates Xbox Live Guidelines To Address ‘Trash Talk’

Microsoft Clarifies ‘Trash Talking’ I am a firm believer in that ‘trash talking’ can be an acceptable practice in gaming. It is, after all, fun to have ...

May 4, 2019 at 9:23 am by

Blizzard Reports 40% Drop In Overwatch Player Toxicity

Overwatch In June last year, Blizzard vowed to try and stop Overwatch turning into a toxic nightmare. As such, they introduced a new endorsement system and beefed up their ...

March 22, 2019 at 6:38 pm by

Dad Trolls His Daughter For Cheating At Mario Kart

Dad Trolls His Daughter For Cheating At Mario Kart No one likes a cheater and in Mario Kart, there are various forms of cheating. You, of course, have the classic screen ...

March 13, 2018 at 6:04 pm by

Mikes Rant – The Over and Misuse Of The Word Troll

Mikes Rant 2 – The Over and Misuse of the term ‘Troll’ Before I start, I think I should qualify that people being horrible to others is clearly not a nice ...

March 2, 2018 at 2:20 pm by

Overwatch Director Pleas with Fans to ‘Be Nice’ While Slipping a Major Secret

Overwatch Directors wants fans of the game to try and be nice to everyone. Overwatch is a pretty awesome first-person shooter. That will not the first time I’ve said ...

October 2, 2017 at 10:53 am by

Friday the 13th Game Nerfs Weapons as Councillors Keep Killing Each Other

Well… that was unexpected! In Friday the 13th The Game, you might be forgiven for thinking that Jason Vorhees is your enemy. He is after all, the bad guy of the films. ...

August 10, 2017 at 4:47 pm by

Online Gaming Bullies – Playing Devils Advocate

A new report has found that at least 1 in 2 online young gamers experience bullying. While this statistic is quite alarming, there are many who will dismiss it as ...

June 1, 2017 at 1:16 pm by

If You Text and Drive You Will Get Trolled by the NHTSA

Even against warnings for years now, people are still on their phone while they drive. From the original problem of users holding the phone to their ears with one hand while ...

April 24, 2016 at 11:00 am by

Skype Hides Your IP in Effort to Protect You

We’ve all heard or seen about Swatting, but for those who haven’t let me explain its principle. Normally it happens when you find someone online, usually in the ...

January 23, 2016 at 2:58 pm by

US Cop Fired For Racial Abuse on Xbox Live

A Deputy from the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has been fired after being caught on camera making racial threats over Xbox Live. Former Deputy Michael Slater abused a man ...

March 12, 2015 at 12:28 am by

Petition Urging Twitter To Rethink Blocking Policy

On Thursday Twitter changed their privacy policy, making it possible for blocked users to follow the blocker who in turn can no longer see any “Tweet” activity by ...

December 14, 2013 at 8:50 am by

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