The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the UK is issuing prosecutors with guidelines on how to interpret existing laws about trolling http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35712772
In particular fake accounts used specifically to harass. If anyone suspects that they have been targeted that way by someone based in the UK, you can report them to the UK authorities, giving them all the information that you have (note: victims don't need to be UK citizens or even UK-based). This is a list of British Consulates / Embassies etc. who may be able to help: https://www.gov.uk/government/world/embassies Marie > To: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:39:52 -0500 > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Intnl Womens Days articles about sexism in Wikipedia > > I saw various reprint variations of this, including > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/emily-temple-wood-wikipedia_us_56e0f90ce4b065e2e3d4dc33 > "For Every Sexist Email She Gets, This College Student Will Write A > Wikipedia Entry About A Woman Scientist" > > On 3/9/2016 7:58 AM, Neotarf wrote: > > Wikimedia blog: "The new alchemy: turning online harassment into > > Wikipedia articles on women scientists" by Ed Erhart > > > > http://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/03/08/alchemy-turning-harassment-into-women-scientists/ > > > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 11:36 PM, Carol Moore dc > > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-07/women-erased-from-history-on-wikipedia/7225556 > > > > > > http://www.dailycamera.com/cu-news/ci_29600263/cu-boulder-students-combat-wikipedia-sexism-edit-thon > > This must have been widely reprinted cause I got several different > > versions of it in my google alert for "wikipedia" and "Sexism". > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, > > please visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > [email protected] > > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > > visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap
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