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Summary Of How Trolls Are Ruining The Internet By Joel Stein

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In the article “How Trolls Are Ruining the Internet,” which appears in TIME, Joel Stein described the internet are full of different kinds of violence and hostility because of trolls and how to prevent trolls from improving laws, protecting victims and making reasonable and freedom speech online. Stein indicated that we are enjoying releasing their freedom or nature online since we can be anonymous, hidden even irresponsibility online so that most of the trolls are among us. While more and more people are becoming trolls due to racial rhetoric and female discrimination in the male perspective, they can’t realize the behaviors seems to be fun will cause a great negative impact. The writer also pointed that the nature of the internet violence

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