online harassment

Vice President Kamala Harris is launching a task force dedicated to fighting online harassment and abuse. Attorney General Merrick Garland and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy attended the announcement on Thursday, as did Sloane Stephens, a Black professional tennis player who’s faced a torrent of racist abuse. After matches, Stephens said, she’s worried to pick up her phone because “I know...

Online harassment has become so common that it can be hard to imagine the internet without it.

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that University of Mary Washington administrators could have done more to protect students from online harassment and threats.

Want to have consensual sex? There’s an app for that – a few, actually. Consent apps allow the involved parties to use their cellphones to record themselves authorizing specific sexual acts. Recordings can take various forms – text, audio or video – and are stored online for safekeeping.

How do you shut down online harassment? Should you consider using a sexual consent app? And can going public with a #MeToo story have a downside?

How do you shut down online harassment? Should you consider using a sexual consent app? And can going public with a #MeToo story have a downside?

Amid reports of harassment, bullying and retaliation within the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, Fire Chief Richard R. Bowers Jr. refused to step down and denied any problem. “There is not a major cultural issue in our department,” he said. News4’s Darcy Spencer reports.