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Glossary of Violence

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A

Abuse of Reports

Mass-reporting an account to wrongfully trigger moderation sanctions.

Astroturfing

Simulate coordinated “popular” support using fake accounts or messages.

B

Brigading

Coordinating a group to flood comments, manipulate a vote/poll, or harass an individual.

C

Catfishing

Create a fake identity (photos, backstory) to deceive someone, often for romance or scam purposes.

Creepshots

Photos taken of a person without their knowledge in public places, then shared to sexualize or humiliate them.

Cyberbullying

Harassment through digital tools (social networks, messaging apps, online games). Continuous 24/7 reach, rapid spread, sometimes anonymous.

Cyberstalking

Prolonged digital stalking (monitoring accounts, repeated messaging, recreating accounts after being blocked).

D

Deadnaming

Deliberately using a trans person’s former name despite their request not to.

Defamation

False factual allegation that harms someone’s reputation. To be distinguished from: insult — an offensive remark without a specific factual claim.

Dogpiling

When many users simultaneously target a person with insults, mockery, or threats.

Doxing / Doxxing

Disclosing personal information (address, phone number, workplace) without consent to intimidate or threaten someone.

Intimate deepfake

Create or alter an intimate image or video using AI to make someone appear in it without their consent.

F

False flag

Posing as an opposing group in order to provoke, manipulate, or discredit.

Flaming

Exchanges of aggressive/insulting messages, often impulsive and brief.

G

Grooming

Gaining a minor’s trust in order to exploit them (requesting images, arranging meetings, blackmail).

Gaslighting

Making someone doubt their memory or perception in order to control them (‘you’re making it up’, ‘you’re too sensitive’).

H

Happy slapping

Assault filmed and then shared to humiliate the victim.

Harassment

Repeated behaviors aimed at causing harm (insults, humiliation, threats, isolation). Variants: school bullying, workplace bullying/mobbing.

I

Insult

Offensive/rude remarks without attributing a specific act.

L

Blacklists / ‘pastes’

Publishing lists containing personal data to target/harass individuals.

Love bombing

Showering someone with attention at the beginning of a relationship to create dependency and then control them.

M

Threats

Explicitly promising harm (physical, professional, or reputational) to frighten or coerce.

Misgendering

Showering someone with attention at the start of a relationship to create dependency and then exert control.

O

Outing

Publicly disclosing intimate information (orientation, identity, health) without consent.

P

Revenge porn

Sharing intimate images/videos without consent (often to seek revenge or exert pressure).

R

Rumor

Unverified information that spreads quickly and can harm reputation.

S

Sealioning

Bombarding someone with ‘polite’ and repetitive questions to exhaust them, shift the burden of proof, and derail the discussion.

Sextorsion

Threatening to release intimate content to obtain money, additional images, or favors.

Silent treatment

Deliberately ignoring someone to punish or manipulate them.

Sockpuppeting

Using multiple ‘sockpuppet’ accounts to bolster oneself, intimidate others, or evade sanctions.

Stalking

Obsessive monitoring and stalking, sometimes extending into real life (tailing, surveillance).

Swatting

Calling the police to someone’s home by making a false serious report (extremely dangerous).

T

Troll / Trolling

Deliberately provoking to trigger conflicts and elicit reactions.

U

Upskirting

Photographing/filming under a person’s clothing without their consent.

Identity theft

Pretending to be a person or organization (via email, social media, messaging) to harm or defraud.

V

Victim blaming

Blaming the victim for the aggression they suffered (‘they asked for it’).

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