PurposeOnline disinhibition is one of the key factors leading to the occurrence of cyberaggression, cyberbullying and various forms of deviant behaviors in the online environment. To understand the composition of online disinhibition, this study aims to conceptualize online disinhibition and...

Online harassment is an emerging global societal problem, with its pervasiveness and persistence creating long-lasting adverse psychological consequences to victims. While many social networking sites (SNSs) have started launching online reporting systems to combat online harassment,...

Online abuse has emerged as a huge problem across the Internet and especially on social networking sites (SNSs). To combat this unacceptable online behavior, many SNS providers begin to implement built-in reporting functions/systems on their platforms. However, the effectiveness of this new...

While bringing tremendous benefits to users worldwide, the proliferation of online social networks has also given rise to undesirable online harassment behavior which consists of performing harassing behavior through electronic or digital social media to inflict harm or discomfort on others....