online abuse

Can I Tell You a Secret? is a Netflix documentary miniseries about Matthew Hardy, a British cyberstalker who terrorised dozens of women online, leading to a record prison sentence.

Matthew Hardy is a British cyberstalking case in which an unemployed man from Cheshire terrorised at least 62 women over 11 years using fake social-media accounts before being jailed for 8 years.

HBO Max documentary special examining the 2021 murder of Gabby Petito, killed by fiancé Brian Laundrie during a cross-country road trip that gripped the nation.

Netflix docuseries covering the 2008–2009 Bling Ring burglaries, in which a group of teens and young adults robbed over $3 million from celebrity homes across Los Angeles.

Skam dig, Emma is a 2015 Danish documentary on DRTV about Emma Holten, whose private nude images were hacked and published online when she was 17, sparking years of harassment.

Abducted in Plain Sight is a Netflix documentary film about the repeated kidnapping and sexual abuse of Idaho girl Jan Broberg by trusted family friend Robert Berchtold in the 1970s.

HBO's two-part documentary covers the Massachusetts case in which Michelle Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter after urging Conrad Roy III to kill himself via text.

HBO Max docuseries about Sherri Papini, a California mother who faked her own kidnapping in 2016, pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI, and now claims it was all real.

El asesino de TikTok is a Netflix true-crime documentary about the 2023 disappearance and murder of Esther Estepa in Gandía, Spain, and the investigation into José Jurado Montilla, a previously convicted serial killer who operated a TikTok persona.

The Cari Farver case is a Nebraska murder in which victim Cari Farver was killed in 2012, then impersonated for years by her killer Shanna Golyar through tens of thousands of fake messages.

The Bikram Choudhury case is a series of U.S. civil sexual-harassment and assault lawsuits against the hot-yoga founder, culminating in a 2016 Los Angeles jury verdict of over $7 million.

The R. Kelly case is a U.S. federal sexual-abuse and trafficking case in which R&B singer Robert Sylvester Kelly was convicted in 2021 and 2022 of racketeering, Mann Act violations and child-pornography offenses.

The Hunter Moore case is a US federal revenge-porn and computer-hacking case centered on the site IsAnyoneUp.com, which posted nude images without consent from 2010 to 2012.

The Hillsong Church scandal is a cluster of U.S. misconduct allegations centered on former New York lead pastor Carl Lentz, whose 2020 affair with Ranin Karim triggered a global reckoning.

On October 9, 2019, Stephan Balliet, a 27-year-old German right-wing extremist, attacked a synagogue and kebab restaurant in Halle an der Saale with the aim of killing as many people as possible. The attack was stopped by police, but resulted in two deaths and several wounded.

A mother and her partner were convicted in 2018 in one of Germany's most shocking cases of child sexual abuse, having systematically abused and rented out the woman's young son to pedophiles via the dark web. The case shocked Germany when it was uncovered in September 2017 in the small town of Staufen im Breisgau in southwestern Germany. Both perpetrators received lengthy prison sentences, and the case prompted national debate about how social services failed to detect warning signs.

In June 2021, a hacker using the username TomLiner posted personal data from approximately 700 million LinkedIn users—roughly 93% of the platform's membership—for sale on the dark web forum RaidForums. LinkedIn disputed the characterization as a breach, arguing the data came from public profiles and external sources rather than a direct hack of its systems.

On June 10, 2016, Christina Grimmie, a 22-year-old singer and former contestant on 'The Voice,' was shot and killed by Kevin James Loibl during a meet-and-greet at Plaza Live in Orlando, Florida. The attack, carried out by an obsessed fan who had traveled from St. Petersburg with intent to harm her, shocked the music world and raised urgent questions about fan obsession and venue security.

Keith Raniere, founder of the self-help organization Nxivm, was convicted in June 2019 on all seven counts of racketeering, sex trafficking, and fraud. The Waterford, New York resident received a 120-year prison sentence in October 2020 for leading an enterprise that systematically victimized women.

On June 18, 2018, rapper XXXTentacion was shot and killed during an armed robbery outside RIVA Motorsports in Deerfield Beach, Florida. Four men were charged, and three were convicted of first-degree murder in 2023.