Backyard bullies have always been with us. We used to be able to spot bullies from blocks away. The swagger, jeers, taunts, and looks of disdain and aggression were on full display, and often the ...

In the age of the Internet troll, there's an unfortunately predictable cycle for what happens to women who talk about feminist issues online: They get barraged with rape threats and harassment. For ...

Rather than abandon online comments altogether, as one ABC affiliate did earlier this year, exhausted editors are putting their faith in the final frontier: Technology. Technology, they hope, will ...

They don't only live in the mountains and caves of Scandinavian folklore, or in modern-day animated cartoons. Trolls now make mischief on online forums and social media platforms by provoking and ...

Having grown up and reached adulthood well before the age of social media, and having developed no particular interest in Facebook, Twitter, or any other platforms, I spent the first 48 years of my ...

The social media world is heavily populated by trolls — you know, those people who write nasty, mean comments online. Sometimes it can be tempting to respond back, but what if there's a better ...

In this month's issue of Personality and Individual Differences, a study was published that confirms what we all suspected: Internet trolls are horrible people. Let's start by getting our definitions ...

MEXICO CITY— Whenever tragedy strikes somewhere in the world, a Mexican man known as “Alfonso” seems to be involved somehow. In fact, in just the past two months Alfonso has reportedly died three ...