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# trolls - Wednesday 10 April, 2013

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# trolls - Sunday 4 November, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: If you read something offensive, don’t retweet it, report it

The future of the internet depends on social networks like Facebook and Twitter developing better protocols for dealing with offensive and potentially criminal postings, writes Dr Ciarán Mc Mahon.

# trolls - Friday 28 September, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Why internet trolls exist and why they’re unlikely to go away

Ciarán Mc Mahon writes on the theories behind internet trolling and explains why, as long as there is a free and open internet, they’re probably not going to go away.

# trolls - Wednesday 25 July, 2012

From Business ETC YouWho?

Trolls beware: YouTube want you to comment using your real name

Video site YouTube has started asking users to provide their real names when commenting. Some of the reasons they allow you to give for declining prove interesting.

# trolls - Wednesday 13 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should Ireland legislate against internet trolls?

The Government has no specific plans to follow the UK’s crackdown on internet “trolls”. How do you feel about the issue?

From TheJournal.ie Trolls

Ireland has no immediate plans to follow UK crackdown on internet trolls

The Justice Department had no specific comment to make on proposed changes to the UK Defamation Bill.

# trolls - Tuesday 12 June, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Trolls

Victims could be allowed to unmask online trolls

Victims of abuse from ‘trolls’ on social networking sites would be given the power to see the anonymous people identified under proposed changes to the Defamation Law in Britain.

# trolls - Thursday 3 May, 2012

From The Score Going Viral This post contains videos

YouTube Top 10: because footballers can be trolls too

Featuring a man dressed as a horse, the brutal side of lacrosse and one the most unsportsmanlike pieces of behaviour you’ll ever see.