Neowin News Feed for: Trolling

Science proves some Reddit users just love to troll, disagree and argue

Sayan Sen — Mon, 12 May 2025 14:12:02 +0000

If you have ever had a feeling that some people online simply love to troll, argue and disagree just for the sake of it, you'd be right. And now science has proved it, at least in the case of Reddit. Read more...

Report: Twitter's Project Guardian protects high-profile accounts from trolling

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:20:01 +0000

A new report claims that Twitter maintains a list of high-profile accounts whose complaints are fast-tracked. People who get embroiled in controversy temporarily are included for a short time too. Read more...

China makes note of Trump's unsecure use of a personal phone, recommends Huawei

Sharath Ravishankar — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 07:44:01 +0000

Having made note of recent news reports that reveal President Trump's use of an unsecure iPhone, a spokesperson for the Chinese foreign ministry has recommended that he use a Huawei device instead. Read more...

Mozilla's IRL podcast is set to return on Monday

Paul Hill — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:26:01 +0000

Mozilla's IRL podcast, hosted by Veronica Belmont, will return to podcatchers everywhere on Monday when the show returns for a second season. The first episode will look at bots and their effects. Read more...

Instagram is using an artificial intelligence to block offensive comments and spam

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 29 Jun 2017 17:16:01 +0000

Users of the popular social media platform Instagram can now activate an AI to filter through comments on their posts and block anything deemed to be too offensive or potential spam. Read more...

Google is using machine learning to combat online trolling

Usama Jawad — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 16:52:01 +0000

Google partnered with Jigsaw to use machine learning to combat online trolling in a new project called "Perspective". Long-term aims include making online conversations safer as well. Read more...

The UK makes doxxing, trolling and encouraging abuse online illegal

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 09:14:01 +0000

The UK has put forward new rules governing how people can behave online, giving prosecutors a legal basis. Doxxing, trolling and cyber-bullying have now become essentially illegal. Read more...

ISIS-affiliated Islamic Cyber Army leaks military info in response to "day of trolling"

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 12 Dec 2015 03:36:02 +0000

The ISIS-affiliated Islamic Cyber Army has hit back in force against the "ISIS day of trolling" declared by Anonymous members, releasing personal info on numerous U.S. and French military officials. Read more...

Anonymous wants December 11th to be 'Isis trolling day'

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 09:12:01 +0000

The online hacktivist group wants to start a campaign to ridicule and discredit the terrorist's organization social media messages. As such, December 11th will now be Isis trolling day. Read more...

Internet trolls will face up to two years in prison under new UK bill

Jett Goldsmith — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:28:01 +0000

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling stated his intentions to raise the criminal penalty for cyber trolling in the UK up to a maximum two-year sentence, following several high profile harassment cases. Read more...

NeoBytes :) Trolling gamertag causes mischief on Xbox Live

Christopher White — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 14:14:22 +0000

A clever Xbox One member changed his gamertag so that it would interact with the Kinect. While mostly harmless, it generated some laughs (and frustration) from members of the community. Read more...

YouTube considers changing comment system

Paul Ferson — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:58:46 +0000

A Q&A session during the Google I/O conference indicates that Google are paying attention to comments posted on YouTube, and could be contemplating changing the commenting system to crack down. Read more...

Patent trolling costs $29 billion annually in the US

Paul Ferson — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:40:35 +0000

Patent holding companies, known as 'trolls' for their business practices, are costly to fight legal battles against. A recent academic paper attempts to put a cost on the losses these trolls create. Read more...

Trolling in Arizona could get you 25 years in jail

Paul Ferson — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:56:59 +0000

Some light trolling can be fun on the internet, but Arizona's governors disagree. If you're a troll you could be looking at 25 years in prison if you just so happen to mess around occasionally. Read more...

Judge: Trolling someone's Facebook account is identity theft

James Woodfin — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 23:22:00 +0000

One juvenile found out the hard way that using someone else's Facebook account can get you in some very hot water. Read more...

Google+ requiring real names to prevent trolling?

Tim Schiesser — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 12:52:26 +0000

Google has cause a recent stir by suspending the profiles of users who refrained from using their real name on their Google+ accounts. While Google hasn’t fully given a reason as to why they were... Read more...