‘Lego hair’, ‘gerbil cheeks’, ‘toad’ and ‘posh boy’ – sports reporter reads out online abuse
Coventry Telegraph chief reporter Simon Gilbert has shared some of the “customer feedback” he has received online over the past…
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Lessons for journalists from Jack Monroe’s libel victory over Katie Hopkins ‘vandalism’ and ‘anthrax’ tweets
Journalists and editors can learn two major lessons from Jack Monroe’s libel victory over Mail Online columnist Katie Hopkins. When…
By Food blogger Jack Monroe wins £24k libel damages from Mail Online columnist Katie Hopkins over tweets
A writer has won £24,000 damages in a High Court action against controversial newspaper columnist Katie Hopkins over tweets she…
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Twitter launches new safety measures to stop ‘abuse and harassment’ online
Twitter has announced three new measures to crackdown on online harassment as part of its efforts to make the social…
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Reuters chief explains how agency is using algorithms to improve accuracy
The president and editor-in-chief of international news agency Reuters has outlined plans to make the company’s news-gathering processes “more transparent”…
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Twitter, Facebook and Youtube announce plan to remove ‘most extreme’ terrorist images and videos
Facebook is to work with Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube to slow the spread of extremist content online by creating a…
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Twitter faces questions over alleged censorship of journalists’ accounts in Turkey
Twitter appears to be resisting a court order from the Turkish government to block the account of a journalist. But…
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Scottish news website’s Twitter account suspended amid row with Daily Express journalist
Pro Scottish nationalism news website Wings Over Scotland had its Twitter account suspended and reinstated within a day with “no explanation”…
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