Trolling is the posting of negative and destructive comments on social media / the Internet with the purpose of creating arguments, discord or to negatively impact a debate. For some, the intention is to deliberately provoke a response, whereas for others, this may be their particular style of communication. However, it is perceived by those on the receiving end as super-critical or as an 鈥榓ttack鈥�. This type of feedback is darker in its message and intent compared with constructive criticism.
Doxing (or doxxing) is the malicious sharing of documents or personal information online or on social media about a person with malicious intent: to cause embarrassment, to damage their reputation or to exert leverage. Examples include: sharing a professional鈥檚 home address, phone number, personal information about a professional and/or their family member, or posting private photos (home, children, school).
Cyberbullying means 鈥淭ormenting, humiliating, and/or threatening someone using online or mobile communication technologies鈥� (Chandler and Munday, 2016, p. 1).
The right to be forgotten (the right to erasure under article 17 of the GDPR), is the right to ask a data controller to have information about you (data) erased under certain conditions. to find out what these grounds are.
A defamatory statement 鈥渕eans a statement that tends to injure a person鈥檚 reputation in the eyes of reasonable members of society, and 鈥渄efamatory鈥� shall be construed accordingly鈥� (, revised December 2020).
鈥機ancel culture鈥� is the 鈥減ractice of excluding somebody from social or professional life by refusing to communicate with them online or in real life, because they have said or done something that other people do not agree with鈥� (Oxford Dictionary).
The (Coco鈥檚 Law) in addition to dealing with the publication of non-consensual intimate images, also amends the law relating to harassment. Under Section 4 - 鈥渄istributing, publishing or sending threatening or grossly offensive communication鈥� - a person could be found guilty, if
鈥�(a) by any means,
(i) distributes or publishes any threatening or grossly offensive communication about another person, or
(ii) sends any threatening or grossly offensive communication to another person, and
(b) with intent by so distributing, publishing or sending to cause harm鈥�.
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