Introduction

André da Loba

The Internet may be losing the war against trolls, a broad term for destructive agitators who torment and heckle others online.

Robin William’s daughter, attacked by Twitter followers, quit the service, and the writers and editors of the feminist website Jezebel published an open letter, pleading for a technical solution to graphic images that were anonymously posted in droves in the comments section.

Does anonymity on the web give people too much license to heckle and torment others?