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Both are motivated by a desire to control, intimidate or influence a victim. [6] A stalker may be an online stranger or a person whom the target knows. They may be anonymous and solicit involvement of other people online who do not even know the target. [7] Cyberstalking is a criminal offense under various state anti-stalking, slander and ...
A fictional example of a doxing post on social media. In this case, the victim's personal name and address are shown. Doxing or doxxing is the act of publicly providing personally identifiable information about an individual or organization, usually via the Internet and without their consent.
Rage-farming (or rage-seeding) derives from the concept of "farming" rage; planting metaphorical seeds which cause angry responses to grow. [12] It is a form of clickbait, a term used since c. 1999, which is "more nuanced" and not necessarily seen as a negative tactic.
Electronic harassment, electromagnetic torture, or psychotronic torture is the delusional belief, held by individuals who call themselves "targeted individuals" (TIs), that malicious actors are transmitting sounds and thoughts into people's heads, affecting their bodies, and harassing them generally.
Harassment is a specific form of discrimination, [2] [3] and occurs when a person is the victim of unwanted intimidating, offensive, or humiliating behavior. To qualify as harassment, there must be a connection between the harassing behavior and a person's protected personal characteristics or prohibited grounds of discrimination, and the ...
Victims should do their best to avoid fighting back in an attempt to prevent a war of words. Flaming extends past social media interactions. Flaming can also take place through emails, and whether someone calls an email a "flame", is based on whether she or he considers an email to be hostile, aggressive, insulting, or offensive.
Social media have been used to publish threats and intimidating messages. Threats have been made through YouTube videos [27] and Twitter (which hosted direct threats of violence against Members of Congress such as Representative Bob Goodlatte, and Senators Roy Blunt and John Hoeven). Concern has been voiced in the press over Twitter's failure ...
Broken computer monitor. Computer rage refers to negative psychological responses towards a computer due to heightened anger or frustration. [1] Examples of computer rage include cursing or yelling at a computer, slamming or throwing a keyboard or a mouse, and assaulting the computer or monitor with an object or weapon.