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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 around 20 minutes in Call of Duty lobbies to see just how hideous some people can to each other thanks to…
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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 say to someone’s face. And if you want any proof of that, just play a couple of rounds of Call of Duty, or,…
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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 online that they would never say to someone’s face. If you say you haven’t, then while I’ll choose to…
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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 let’s face it, among society there is a very solid mix of both of those categories and everything in…
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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 a little banter to try and get the people you are playing with engaged in a positive way. It does, however, raise the…
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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 report service. This basically allowed players to praise others who behaved well and report those who didn’t. In regard to the…
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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 peaking tactic or the ‘whoops’ with your opponent’s controller one person’s daughter, however, clearly thought she’d invented Mario Kart cheating.…
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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 thing to do. When it comes to the widespread media, however, I do have an axe to grind when…
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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 that, but it’s a point that apparently some people need reminding of. We rarely see a game that is so polished.…
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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. Unfortunately, it seems he’s not the only one you need to worry about. Apparently the weapons in the…
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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 over-exaggerating the issue. Another attempt by the mainstream media to vilify online gamers by either misrepresenting, misunderstanding or tarring the…
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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 driving, to the secret little text under the dashboard, drivers are often using their phones on apps and putting…
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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 process of streaming a video or even them record themselves playing a game. As they are online you use software to track…
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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 known only as “David”, who was deliberately trolling Slater, while the two were facing off playing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.…
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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 the blockee. Since these changes rolled out an online petition urging Twitter to rethink its new blocking policy has attracted over 600…
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