Roughly 40% of Americans say they’ve experienced some form of online harassment. For some, these threats can become extreme, making it impossible to lead a normal life. In Moving Upstream, WSJ’s Jason Bellini visits with victims of online threats and their perpetrators, and takes a look at the evolving legal landscape. Photo: Brian WengrofskyFacebook Inc. banned an array of personalities whose views it deemed too inflammatory to be shared on its social networkon Thursday, including Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, far-right talk-show host Alex Jones and conservative Jewish activist Laura Loomer. The move was Facebook’s most sweeping yet against online provocateurs and shows Facebook is trying to be more proactive in removing controversial content that users post on its network, after months of criticism that the company hasn’t done enough to prevent bullying,...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 02, 2019 20:07 UTC