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First lady Melania Trump speaks as she attends the 6th Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention (FPBP) Summit at Health and Human Service in Rockville, Maryland, August 20, 2018. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
August 21, 2018, 3:53 pm
Melania Trump laments cyberbullying as president sends nasty tweets
First lady says social media tech companies should listen to ‘children’s ideas and concerns’; meanwhile, her husband slams political opponents on Twitter
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Illustrative photo of a laptop computer (Sophie Gordon/Flash90)
September 20, 2016, 10:10 am
ADL hires technology director to combat cyber anti-Semitism
Attorney Brittan Heller has prosecuted online crime in the past, will work to combat ‘all forms of internet bigotry’
By JTA
View of the Jewish Museum of Brussels taken on May 25, 2014, where a deadly shooting took place the day before. (AFP/Georges Gobet)
June 1, 2015, 3:47 pm
Belgian official says he’d ‘kill each and every Jew’
Peacekeeper from Molenbeek sparks national outrage over blatantly anti-Semitic rant on Facebook
By Gedalyah Reback
A driver flipping a middle finger. (middle finger image via Shutterstock)
May 21, 2015, 9:16 am
In UAE, flip the bird and go to jail
The gesture, with your own finger or an emoji, carries a stiff fine and prison sentence as well, a Dubai lawyer warns
By Rahel Jaskow
Monica Lewinsky in a TED talk on March 20, 2015 (photo credit: YouTube screenshot)
March 23, 2015, 11:38 pm
Lewinsky in TED talk on cyberbullying
Scandal-hit former Clinton intern says ‘humiliation is a commodity and shame is an industry’ in the digital era
By Glenn Chapman
Researchers at the Technion in Haifa have developed technology that allows smartphones to repair scratches to the screen automatically. (CC BY-SA/Jan Persiel, Flickr)
February 23, 2015, 1:14 pm
School starts WhatsApp etiquette class
After cases of bullying and harassment on social media app, grade-schoolers learn do’s and don’ts of texting
By TOI staff
Illustrative photo of anti-Semitic French comedian Dieudonne performing the anti-Semitic quenelle gesture (screen capture: YouTube)
October 23, 2014, 10:09 pm
Websites toeing Europe’s line on hate speech
Companies crack down on online anti-Semitism after landmark 2013 ruling against Twitter in France
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Screenshot from Monica Lewinsky's first speech in 13 years to Forbes' Under 30 Summit, Monday, October 20, 2014.
October 21, 2014, 5:55 am
Monica Lewinsky: I was suicidal as Clinton scandal went viral
In first speech in 13 years, ex-White House intern tells of shame, depression; says she was cyber-bullying’s Patient Zero, wants to help others
By AFP and TOI staff
Sascha Dratwa, IDF director of new media (photo credit: Yoni Malka)
February 17, 2013, 11:27 pm
IDF claims victory in Pillar of Defense social-media war
Social-media experts say official Israel effectively conveyed its narrative to unprecedented numbers
By David Shamah
March 1, 2012, 9:29 am
Ashdod girls saved from suicide pact
Teens attempt to drown themselves after repeated harassment on Facebook
By Hillary Zaken
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