Christy Mathis, uma vítima americana do ódio e obstinação do seu perseguidor obsessivo

Cyberstalking: como um dos rostos da Civilização se pode tornar num dos instrumentos da Barbárie

"I never thought that someone would be so obsessed with me and my life that they would abuse social media by harassing me on a constant basis,” Mathis said in a Facebook post about her ordeal". [...]

“Every single day, some sick person creates fake pages to harass me, they attempt to reset my passwords at least 20 times a day, they put out horrible things about me in attempt to slander my name and have even gone as far as creating fake pages of me on porn and dating websites,” Mathis said".

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Laurie Gough, ou mais um exemplo de como uma criadora se pode tornar alvo de uma perseguição obsessiva, apenas pela sua visibilidade social

Cyberstalking: como um dos rostos da Civilização se pode tornar num dos instrumentos da Barbárie

"In our digital world – where it’s almost effortless to be anonymous as opposed to 25 years ago when it was nearly impossible – something seems to have shifted in the human psyche. In a world that’s supposed to be so connected, perhaps some are left more disconnected than ever. Maybe they’re feeling some kind of primordial upheaval of inner collective rage and lashing out online is the best way to express it."

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Doxxing, trollying & cyberstalking, as novas variantes dos relacionamentos sociais patológicos

Cyberstalking: como um dos rostos da Civilização se pode tornar num dos instrumentos da Barbárie 

"There are a number of common behaviors or tactics which may be used to harass and intimidate others online. These include:

publishing private information such as names and addresses online (known as doxxing)

making cruel, malicious and defamatory false accusations and posting falsehoods as fact in order to discredit or humiliate their victim and damage their reputation

repeated threats of harm or death threats (in some instances calling for killing sprees of targeted groups or individuals)

encouraging others to harass the victim

goading on or urging others to commit suicide and defacing tribute sites of the recently deceased

monitoring online behaviors and gathering information in order to harass another

subjecting an individual to ridicule in online forums through name calling, pejorative labels or hate speech vandalism of websites (eg. Wikipedia) and mass downvoting or negative reviews of websites, books, products or videos"

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