A 22-year-old man has been charged on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby.
The Web site, which was started in August 2007, allowed students to post anonymous and often malicious comments and gossip about one another.
"In addition to malicious comments and humiliation she suffered at work, the plaintiff, in particular, has experienced a significant loss of personal modesty and dignity, two values that she held and are eminently respectable," said judge Alain Breault, describing his approach to the case as "European" and ordering Google to pay a $2,250.
But many other groups in society believe they too are targets for "trolls" - people who post malicious comments and threats online, often anonymously.
The policy, however, was ditched shortly after a Korean Communications Commission study found that it only decreased malicious comments by 0.9%.
The new Center also offers a Help and Safety tool that makes it easier to manage irritating or malicious comments and also gives users more control over who can contact them through private messages.
In 2007, South Korea temporarily mandated that all websites with over 100,000 viewers require real names, but scrapped it after it was found to be ineffective at cleaning up abusive and malicious comments (the policy reduced unwanted comments by an estimated.09%).09%
JuicyCampus, the controversial site that lets students post totally anonymous (and often malicious) comments about their college classmates, has launched a new version of its site and opened support to over 185 new campuses, with 500 expected by the end of the month.
Yet I know the malicious comments and teasing will come.
So what does Davis do to counter malicious comments?
