Entrepreneurs MasterChef judge Melissa Leong’s brilliant response to ‘armchair prince’ MasterChef judge Melissa Leong endures a lot of cruelty on social media. Here’s how she hit back after one comment belittled her.
News & Views Jelena Dokic calls out body shaming social media abuse Jelena Dokic has called out trolls on social media who have body shamed over the last 24 hours, saying the abuse has been “insane”.
News & Views AFLW star Tayla Harris named Victoria’s Young Australian of the Year Tayla Harris has been named Victoria’s Young Australian of the Year for 2021 in recognition of her off-field advocacy for preventing violence against women.
News & Views Social media is the new frontier for gendered abuse. It’s time to clean up our feeds Social media is the new frontier for gendered violence and the rapid escalation we’ve witnessed during the coronavirus pandemic is chilling.
News & Views We need to talk about social media and the disturbing potential it has to impact mental health We need to talk about social media, and the disturbing potential it has to impact people’s mental health, writes Sarah Liberty.
Life Will Twitter’s new rules on hateful speech also protect women? Twitter’s updated rules against hateful conduct, expands the policy to include ‘language that dehumanises others on the basis of religion.’
News & Views Tayla Harris hits back at trolls: ‘What are these people doing behind closed doors?’ In an interview Tayla Harris gave on radio with RSN Breakfast on Wednesday morning she said there needs to be consequences for the trolls.
Soapbox Online trolling is rampant: It’s now much more sinister than the simple term suggests What exactly is online trolling? How do trolls “behave”? Do they intend to harm, or amuse? For one thing, we know it’s changed a LOT in 15 years.