Responding to these threats will require not only rapid communication but also new methods for verifying and disproving digital content. Some governments are starting to take this challenge seriously.

In the past, reputational threats typically stemmed from real-world controversies, genuine leaks, or controversial remarks. Now, they can be fabricated entirely from data.

In the past, reputational threats typically stemmed from real-world controversies, genuine leaks, or controversial remarks. Now, they can be fabricated entirely from data.

A survey of environmental activists found that nearly all of them have experienced harassment on social media, and a majority ...

There is a strong argument that online data brokers pose a direct threat to the lives of the individuals about whom they collect and sell information.

Harassment and threats up 170% Leonardi's experience captures how threats against local school officials across the U.S. have shifted and grown, according to researchers at Princeton University.

Sarah Rockwell has been ordered to appear before the state Board of Education amid the continued fallout over her ...

Jul. 16—WASHINGTON — Just about every time Rep. Dan Newhouse posts on Facebook, the comments start pouring in with the same question from his constituents across central Washington. "When is ...

Following their being marked as being at large, 576 individuals returned to custody. However, this means that 126 prisoners ...

California lawmakers want to limit public access to their addresses and phone numbers after two Minnesota lawmakers were shot in their homes last month. One proposal would ban journalists from ...