Stanford CIS

Why is it taking so long to identify the anonymous Gamergate trolls?

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"That said, there’s a fairly standard process to investigating social media threats, said Danielle Citron, a law professor at the University of Maryland and an expert on abuse and harassment online. In essence, police just need to figure out who, exactly, is hiding behind the pseudonymous Twitter handle — a question that can actually be far trickier than it looks."

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