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The web we want

How can we end online abuse and have better conversations on the web? A Guardian series from 2016

10 March 2017

  • Kjell Frode - Internet Warriors

    The internet warriors: meet the 'trolls' in their own homes – video

    Internet trolls from around the world discuss the views they have expressed online that many find objectionable and in language that often offends. Do they behave the same offline?

15 December 2016

  • what would a feminist do podcast logo

    A feminist's debrief after the US election: share your perspective

    Coming up, Jessica Valenti’s What would a feminist do? podcast tackles the buying, selling and branding of feminism. How has the movement changed?

7 July 2016

  • Maria Miller

    Tory MP says social media firms should stop abuse or pay for policing

    Former culture secretary Maria Miller says companies should face levy if they fail to do more to tackle online abuse

27 June 2016

  • Prime Minister Julia Gillard (left) and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talk during a press conference at the Pixel Building, Australia's first carbon neutral office building, in Melbourne, Sunday, Nov.7, 2010. Secretary Clinton and Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced a series of new steps to strengthen U.S-Australia science and technology cooperation aimed at protecting the environment and providing access to cleaner energy. (AAP Image/AP Pool, Andrew Brownbill) NO ARCHIVING, INTL OUT

    From Julia Gillard to Hillary Clinton: online abuse of politicians around the world

    Analysis of abuse of politicians in the US, UK and Australia sheds light on a problem often dismissed as par for the course

21 June 2016

  • Child using a laptop computer

    'Insidious' tech firms must protect children online, says campaigner

    Beeban Kidron says technology companies cannot continue prioritising freedom of expression over safeguarding young people

18 June 2016

  • Rupa Huq

    I’m carrying on as normal – it’s what Jo Cox would have wanted

    Rupa Huq
  • Tulip Siddiq, Labour general election candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, Kilburn Grange Park, London, Britain - 31 Mar 2015<br>Mandatory Credit: Photo by Lucy Young/REX/Shutterstock (4626461e) Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq, Labour general election candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn constituency, Kilburn Grange Park, London, Britain - 31 Mar 2015

    Vile online abuse against female MPs ‘needs to be challenged now’

17 June 2016

  • Anne Perkins

    Deference in public life had to go. But courtesy is indispensable

    Anne Perkins
    The right to challenge established power is not the same thing as the freedom to deliver personal threats directly to someone’s phone

26 May 2016

  • Polly Toynbee

    When women can be misogynist trolls, we need a feminist internet

    Polly Toynbee
  • Internationally, more than 200,000 aggressive tweets using the words ‘slut’ and ‘whore’ were sent over three weeks from the end of April to 80,000 people.

    Research reveals huge scale of social media misogyny

12 May 2016

  • Guardian Scott Trust Bursary journalists: Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff (grey top) Isabel Togoh (white shirt) Aletha Adu (Paisley print dress) Emmanuella Kwenortey (yellow top)

    Our stories need to be told – life as a black female journalist starting out

    Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff, Isabel Togoh, Aletha Adu and Emmanuella Kwenortey
    Four young black women discuss online trolling, professional barriers and developing a thick skin in their chosen industry

8 May 2016

  • Sixty-one percent of cases of revenge porn resulted in no action being taken, with lack of evidence or the victim withdrawing support given as the reason.

    Revenge porn decision sparks anger at police

  • Revenge porn refers to the shaming of individuals by posting explicit and intimate pictures of them, often on multiple platforms.

    'They didn't know they were victims': revenge porn helpline sees alarming rise

22 April 2016

  • Monica Lewinsky

    Monica Lewinsky: ‘The shame sticks to you like tar’

  • Katharine Viner

    How do we make the Guardian a better place for conversation?

    Katharine Viner

20 April 2016

  • Labour Party leadership candidate Yvette Cooper takes part in a Channel 4 News, Labour leadership TV hustings in central London on September 1, 2015. All four candidates for the Labour Party leadership debate key issues live on television. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEALLEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images

    Yvette Cooper calls for greater monitoring of online harassment

    Senior Labour MP says police and prosecutors should do more to unmask extent of online misogyny, racism and homophobic abuse

19 April 2016

  • Cyberbullying word cloud

    How should editors deal with online abuse?

    Emma Carmichael, Rob Wijnberg, Bassey Etim
    How do you filter out the vile and the violent while still allowing readers to engage? Our writers share their strategies
  • Reading the Guardian online

    Passwords, phones and privacy settings: how to protect yourself online

    Stay safer on the internet with these tips on shoring up your digital security, and join our live Q&A on the issue at 2pm today
  • A man and woman looking sad and at a loss, gripping their heads with their laptops open

    Online abuse: we need Good Samaritans on the web

    Carrie Rentschler
    Core to the culture of web harassment is the number of bystanders who witness it but choose not to intervene. That has to change

18 April 2016

  • Detail from Look Before You Eat frontispiece for Puck, 12 March 1884, depicting a scientist employing the tools of his trade to precisely pinpoint the contents of frequently adulterated 19th-century foodstuffs.

    A toxic web: what the Victorians can teach us about online abuse

    In the 1850s, adulterated food was causing widespread malnutrition. Campaigners, scientists, governments and industry leaders worked together to eventually put it right. Let’s learn from this history
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