Internet Trolls

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  faustuscrow · Member · Jan 24, 2015 at 7:41 am

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  How do you deal with Internet Trolls on WordPress? Such as, how to report individuals threatening death, for example?

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 24, 2015 at 7:50 am

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  You report them to the police.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 24, 2015 at 7:52 am

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  Physical threats of harm are a felony. Heck Barrett Brown is going to be serving four years for making a blustering threat on a YouTube video.

  If it’s just someone being mean, and does not rise to that level, you handle it yourself; it’s not a WordPress problem per se. But there are some options: http://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=abuse