Abuse
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- Cyberbullying
- Site promotes awareness of bullying using technologies such as SMS, email and the internet, the damage it does, and ways to protect yourself from it.
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- Cyberbullying.ca
- Discusses recognition and prevention of intimidation by email, IM, web sites and other internet or high-technology media.
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- Net Abuse FAQ Index
- A collection of Frequently Asked Questions related to net abuse, including spamming and e-mail scams.
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- ScamBusters
- Monthly e-zine about recognizing, preventing and fighting all types of fraud, misinformation and abuse perpetuated with the help of the internet.
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- Webguardian
- A nonprofit Internet watchdog, providing protection and advice for consumers and reducing Internet crime and fraud.
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- Akismet
- A plugin which identifies and blocks comment and trackback spam on blogs with integration to various blogging systems.
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- Bad Behavior
- An open source a PHP-based solution for blocking link spam and the robots which deliver it by analyzing the delivery method as well as the software the spammer is using instead of looking at the content of potential spam.
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- Blog Spam Database
- Database of URLs and phrases often used by spammers, along with links to related resources and a discussion forum.
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- No Guestbook Spam Anymore
- Offers instructions for webmasters for avoiding and eliminating spam in guestbook.
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- Stop Forum Spam
- Provides statistics and various information about persistent spammers on message boards and blogs.
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- Jeremy Zawodny's Blog: Using mod_rewrite against comment spam bots
- Very short tutorial. (January 08, 2005)
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- Internetnews.com - Six Apart Trains Guns on 'Comment Spam'
- The blog tools vendor Six Apart plans to roll out an open online authentication system to fight the growing phenomenon of comment spam. (March 25, 2004)
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- Jeremy Zawodny's Blog - Guerilla Tactics Against Blog Comment Spammers
- Suggestion that bloggers create posts that target the same spammy phrases that blog spammers want Google to find. (October 06, 2003)
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- Abuse of Usenet: Cyberstalked
- Jayne Hitchock's battle with Usenet spammer Woodside Literary Agency began in 1996, and continued into 2002 with her cyberstalkers sentenced to prison and probation on charges of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, perjury and making false statements to a federal officer. Hitchcock's site details the case from start to finish, and shows how it led to new laws making cyberstalking a criminal offense in New Hampshire (USA).
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- Cyberstalking and On-line Harassment
- Briefly addresses cyberstalking and online harassment, with links to other sites with more in-depth articles.
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- Fight Cyberstalking
- Support for victims of a cyberstalker. Provides tips for online safety and computer security as well as emotional support.
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- Working to Halt Online Abuse
- A volunteer organization founded in 1997 to fight online harassment through education of the general public, education of law enforcement personnel, and empowerment of victims. WHOA has also formulated voluntary policies which they encourage online communities to adopt in order to create safe and welcoming environments for all Internet users. Includes a form that victims of online harassment/cyberstalking can use to get help.