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# Online abuse

This year
2023
Taskforce on protecting politicians from abuse to meet today
A final report will be completed by 31 December 2023.
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Jun 15th 2023, 6:00 AM
'They sent me an image of my photoshopped face on a pile of people being burnt'
A report by
Lauren Boland
A new DCU study published today reveals the hostility and abuse that women in journalism have faced online in Ireland.
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May 16th 2023, 12:05 AM
Irish drag artist: 'Following the music awards last week, I received a wave of online abuse'
A wave of abuse greeted Lavender after she accepted the Album of the Year award for CMAT last week.
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Mar 14th 2023, 7:30 PM
Roderic O'Gorman speaks out about 'vicious abuse' against LGBT+ community
The Green Party minister said he is subjected to daily abuse on social media.
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Mar 12th 2023, 3:46 PM
'It's relentless': The toll of online abuse on community groups supporting asylum seekers
A report by
Jane Moore
One local activist told The Journal that some of what is being said is “intimidation and just outright lies”.
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Mar 6th 2023, 12:05 AM
Last year
2022
Opinion: Reflecting on 2022, the LGBT+ community is hopeful of progress in the year ahead
Adam Long of the National LGBT Federation (NXF) takes stock of what 2022 meant for the LGBT+ community, and what the focus should be in 2023.
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Dec 30th 2022, 6:00 AM
'I get death threats every now and then' - F1 driver on social media abuse
The 22-year-old was speaking ahead of Sunday’s British Grand Prix.
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Jun 30th 2022, 8:31 AM
Meath GAA air 'disgust' and condemn recent abuse
‘We would question their true intentions and if they are supporters at all.’
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Jun 9th 2022, 5:05 PM
Facebook and Twitter offering supports for TDs and Senators who experience online abuse
The platforms provided briefings to politicians earlier this year and promised enhanced facilities for reporting harassment.
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May 5th 2022, 1:17 PM
Government TD makes garda complaint about 'threatening' online video
Cathal Crowe made a complaint to gardaí about the video which attacks him over comments he made in the Dáil against hate speech.
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Apr 25th 2022, 10:37 PM
Poll: Have you ever reported social media abuse?
New research has found a ‘trove of racial hatred’ on a number of social media and gaming platforms.
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Jan 12th 2022, 9:56 AM
Open Thread: Have you experienced gendered abuse or harassment online?
We want to hear your stories.
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Jan 10th 2022, 7:00 PM
All time
Rio Ferdinand says he encouraged gay male footballer to come out but the player was advised not to
It’s about, ‘are you capable of coming out and being able to withstand that media attention?’’
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Sep 9th 2021, 2:40 PM
'Lucy Quinn didn’t play well today' – and also 'she’s a slag'' - Birmingham forward details online abuse
The 27-year-old says she has received sexist comments on social media.
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Sep 8th 2021, 9:56 AM
Instagram to release new tools to help protect users from abuse on the platform
The tool will allow users to hide comments and direct message requests from those who only recently started following them.
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Aug 11th 2021, 7:54 AM
Police make 11 arrests in relation to racist abuse of England players
Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were on the receiving end after missing penalties in Euro 2020 final.
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Aug 5th 2021, 1:01 PM
Four people arrested so far in connection with online abuse of England players
Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka were targeted by trolls.
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Jul 15th 2021, 10:58 AM
Basketball Ireland condemns 'disgraceful' online comments aimed at women's U20 side
‘Our players and coaching staff have dedicated a lot of time and effort to represent their country.’
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Jul 14th 2021, 12:28 PM
Twitter 'troll' to pay BBC's Stephen Nolan six-figure sum in damages
Nolan, who presents regular shows on BBC Radio Ulster and Radio 5 Live, tracked down the individual who was behind the online campaign.
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Jul 1st 2021, 10:10 PM
Opinion: Online abuse needs to be stopped, but let's not shut down open debate in the process
Adam Hallissey says it’s clear that political discource online is broken, but attempts to change things drastically may backfire.
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Jun 4th 2021, 7:00 AM
'I got an Instagram message saying 'your days are numbered' - but the thing is, this person was easily traceable'
A report by
Órla Ryan
Online abuse is now widely seen as part of the job of an elected official.
Virtual abuse is now widely seen as part of the job of being an elected official, Órla Ryan and Christina Finn write
A number of politicians speak out about the vile insults directed at them - and their children
Irish politics needs more women and minorities to run for office, Hazel Chu says
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May 5th 2021, 12:05 AM
New hate crime bill with tough sentences gets government approval
Football chiefs call for government legislation to tackle online abuse after boycott
Clubs, players and governing bodies observed a social media blackout over the weekend.
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May 4th 2021, 10:30 AM
Karen Carney says she had suicidal thoughts after receiving online abuse
The former England international deleted her Twitter account in December following a barrage of abusive messages.
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May 2nd 2021, 5:02 PM
United midfielder Fred says racist abuse on social media ‘cannot be accepted’
The 28-year-old is one of several United players to be subjected to abuse in recent weeks.
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Mar 23rd 2021, 7:56 AM
'If you see something that you're not happy about, do something about it: call it out, ban it, report it'
David Gillick discusses the rise of online abuse in sport, and the zero-tolerance approach which must be adopted towards it.
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Feb 25th 2021, 8:00 PM
Stoke City vow to 'bring the perpetrators to justice' after vile online abuse of McClean
The Republic of Ireland winger and his wife have highlighted the ‘anti-Irish abuse’ and threats they have received.
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Feb 16th 2021, 3:48 PM
Varadkar: 'I'm afraid it will end in violence. I don't mean having a milkshake thrown on you, I mean something much worse'
The Tánaiste reacts to the abusive graffiti about him that was scrawled on a wall in Belfast earlier this month.
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Feb 10th 2021, 12:05 AM
Referee Mike Dean asks to sit out round of Premier League games after death threats
The 52-year-old referee had been involved in two controversial incidents.
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Feb 8th 2021, 3:40 PM
President Higgins signs legislation criminalising distribution of intimate images without consent into law
The Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017 covers a wide range of offences.
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Dec 28th 2020, 12:23 PM
Pornhub deletes millions of user-generated videos after public backlash
A New York Times investigation revealed that videos on the adult-content site depicted incidents of rape and violence.
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Dec 14th 2020, 11:03 PM
Online abuse sees EPCR switch referee Brace's Champions Cup appointment
‘With his welfare and development as a referee to the fore, this course of action was deemed to be appropriate.’
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Dec 10th 2020, 3:31 PM
Premier League launches system for players to report online racist abuse
‘Online discriminatory abuse is unacceptable in any walk of life.’
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Jun 24th 2020, 5:12 PM
'It said ‘I hope your kids get coronavirus' and 'I hope they die in a house fire’' - Patrick McClean defends brother James
The Ireland winger was fined two weeks’ wages by his club Stoke City last week for an ill-judged Instagram post.
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Mar 31st 2020, 8:02 PM
RTÉ journalist experienced racist abuse online for over two years
Zainab Boladale said she has been dealing with much of the abuse since 2017.
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Nov 18th 2019, 3:33 PM
Govt making 'little or no progress' against online abuse and child exploitation, committee told
The Justice Committee is examining issues such as cyberbullying, harassment, stalking and revenge porn.
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Oct 16th 2019, 9:35 PM
Twitter defends response to 'absolutely abhorrent' abuse directed at Ryan family
TD Jack Chambers described their response to the situation as “weak”.
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Oct 9th 2019, 12:45 PM
Couple from supermarket ad campaign 'considering leaving Ireland' after online abuse
They have called for more robust hate-crime legislation to be introduced.
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Sep 27th 2019, 2:24 PM
Irish comedian subjected to 'dozens' of rape and death threats over article she wrote on Junior Cert paper
Aoife Dooley said she has notified gardaí of the threats made to her online.
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Jun 6th 2019, 10:29 PM
Leicester contact police after 'vile and disgusting' online abuse of players
The Premiership club says players’ families have also been targeted.
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Apr 11th 2019, 5:13 PM
Garda investigation underway following claims of online abuse targeting Munster rugby players
A probe into the claims has been ongoing for the past few months.
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Mar 22nd 2019, 8:14 PM
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