As well as threats of violence or death, one in 10 said someone had come to their home inappropriatelyMore than a fifth of councillors have received death threats or threats of violence, a survey has found.The survey has been...
Read MoreNabil Arif, 36, told MP she would ‘burn until her skin is no more’ in messages Phillips said curbed her freedom and workA man has been jailed for three months for emailing Jess Phillips abusive messages including...
Read MoreRishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, Diane Abbott, Suella Braverman and Sadiq Khan received between them 85,000 abusive messages, study findsThe UK’s most prominent politicians were subjected to a deluge of abuse on X during the...
Read MoreMPs and candidates who faced abuse discuss polling station buffer zones and action to tackle social media‘Constant abuse’: three UK candidates on their election experienceMPs and candidates who faced abuse on the...
Read MoreMinisters will meet to address what the home secretary called an alarming rise in intimidation of politiciansAn alarming rise in candidate intimidation during the UK’s general election campaign will be addressed next week...
Read MorePoliticians, activists and charities say online harassment is particularly bad, including hate speech and disinformationAbuse of female election candidates is becoming worse, say candidates, activists and charities.One female...
Read MoreCommons education committee chair says online world poses serious dangers and parents face uphill struggleMPs have urged the next government to consider a total ban on smartphones for under 16-year-olds and a statutory ban on...
Read MoreOffenders could face jail if image is widely shared under proposed amendment to criminal justice billCreating a sexually explicit “deepfake” image is to be made an offence under a new law, the Ministry of Justice has...
Read MoreThe shadow education secretary said they would help schools train role models as ‘powerful counterbalance’ to Andrew Tate influenceLabour would help schools to train young male influencers who can counter the...
Read MoreBarnardo’s fears the cost of living crisis will leave families unable to afford holiday activities, leaving children prey to sexual predators online and criminal gangs on the street A record number of children are at risk...
Read MoreActor urged ‘people in power’ to criminalise harmful digital content when she accepted Bafta award Online safety campaigners have welcomed Kate Winslet’s call on “people in power” to criminalise...
Read MoreMP questions police response that troll who tried to have her children removed was ‘entitled’ to call her an ‘extremist’The Labour MP Stella Creasy believes police have given online trolls “the...
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