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Tuesday 22 September 2020
‘Online discriminatory abuse is unacceptable in any walk of life.’
The Ireland winger was fined two weeks’ wages by his club Stoke City last week for an ill-judged Instagram post.
Zainab Boladale said she has been dealing with much of the abuse since 2017.
The Justice Committee is examining issues such as cyberbullying, harassment, stalking and revenge porn.
TD Jack Chambers described their response to the situation as “weak”.
They have called for more robust hate-crime legislation to be introduced.
Aoife Dooley said she has notified gardaí of the threats made to her online.
The Premiership club says players’ families have also been targeted.
A probe into the claims has been ongoing for the past few months.
The club has spoken out after vile online abuse followed the striker’s penalty miss on Saturday.
The study found that an abusive or problematic tweet was sent to the women in the study every 30 seconds on average.
The US President has denied an affair with the former adult actress.
Labour’s Brendan Howlin said other countries have legislated against revenge porn and secured convictions.
Women in eight different countries reported feeling anxious, less confident and unable to sleep after receiving abuse online.
Female members of the Fine Gael party have said comments made by one party member online are “unacceptable”.
New algorithms will be used to weed out online trolls.
She’s temporarily quit over “new levels” of abuse.
She’s temporarily quit over “new levels” of abuse.
The Republic of Ireland international’s personal life has been the subject of abuse online, but he says he does not let it bother him.
The company has unveiled a number of new safety measures following complaints.
Twitter bosses said they will not tolerate the abuse of its users by nameless accounts.
Wickow TD Stephen Donnelly made the move to Fianna Fáil last week.
A Fine Gael senator has hit out against the level of abuse politicians receive online.
Michelle Marie says she received “eight hours of nonstop hate”.
John Halligan, Mairead McGuinness and Joan Burton have all spoken out today in various ways.
Columnist Julien Mercille writes that if we start policing the internet for online abuse we can say goodbye to freedom of speech.
“I think we have a problem here.”
Josepha Madigan has received online abuse over her comments.
Anna Richardson got an insight into the world of revenge porn.
The abuse Senator Higgins has received is utterly unacceptable, but her solution is ill conceived, writes Tom Murphy of Boards.ie.
The minister also tells us how he feels about being compared to one half of Morecambe and Wise.
“These people will never learn that violence against women is unacceptable.”
Ruth Coppinger has said the comments ‘do no favours’ to the anti-austerity movement.
TD Ruth Coppinger said people are more concerned about the arrests in relation to the Jobstown protests.
Lorraine Higgins also received death threats.
Seán Kenny is calling on Ireland to follow in the footsteps of the UK.
“I was the first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet.”
Haters gonna hate, stitchers gonna stitch.
Brenda Leyland featured in a Sky News report on trolling last week.
A 67-page dossier detailing malicious internet postings has been sent to the Commissioner in Scotland Yard, according to the news channel.
PUBS OUTSIDE DUBLIN that don’t serve food will be permitted to open today for the first time since March.
Strict measures will be in place: customers will not be able to sit at or order at the bar, and groups will be limited to six people from three different households, with distancing of at least one metre between each table.
If a pub can implement a distance of two metres, the 105-minute time limit for customers can be waived. All customers are to be off the premises by 11.30pm.
Amidst a rising number of cases in counties around the country, Professor Philip Nolan told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland that although people outside of Dublin can go to the pub, “the question is should you, and how often”.
So, with that in mind, will you go to a ‘wet’ pub this week?
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