There are a number of resources available for people who are experiencing harassment.
Resources
Internal (within Wikipedia)
External
- Help for Victims of Crime from the FBI. Contains information on the rights of crime victims, as well as advice for people being threatened or harassed.
- Online Harassment Resource from the International Game Developers Association. Gives advice for those experiencing harassment, particularly online, and for their allies.
- Crash Override Network. Includes a document giving advice for those who have been doxxed.
- General safety advice for victims of harassment from the Digital-Trust
- FAQ on preventing harassment from the End to Cyber Bullying Organization
- What is online abuse? from Stop Online Abuse. Many of their resources address harassment of LGBT people.
- Top 10 Tips for Overcoming Bullying from Ditch The Label.
- How to Report Cyberbullying from StopBullying.gov
- Age-based advice for responding to cyberbulling that may be particularly helpful for children, from Thinkuknow.
- Revenge Porn Helpline
- Digital safety helpline from UK Safer Internet Centre
- Help For Victims from the Stalking Resource Center
- Resources from Working to Halt Online Abuse
- You Asked: How do I deal with online harassment? How do I help the targets of online harassment? by Ashe Dryden
- 5 Ways to Handle and Prevent Cyber-Harassment from ABC News
- How to deter doxxing, Nieman Reports
General information
- The World's Most Popular Video Game Fights Racist Harassment With Artificial Intelligence, July 13, 2015
- A Canadian court case could change the way we handle Internet harassment and ‘free speech.’, July 19, 2015
- Medium cracks down on cyberbullying in rules update. Blog publishing platform joins growing list of sites banning threats, harassment and revenge porn., July 27, 2015
- Internet harassment and online threats targeting women: Research review
- KrebsOnSecurity: mostly identity theft, but there is some overlap with doxxing
Sample policies
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Notes
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