ON a freezing Russian winter night, a streamer locked his pregnant girlfriend on the balcony in her underwear for $1,000 ...

On a freezing winter night in Russia, a streamer locked his pregnant girlfriend on the balcony in her underwear after being paid almost $1500 by a viewer to inflict abuse on his girlfriend while ...

Content warning: This article includes mentions of violence, suicide and extreme acts that some readers might find disturbing. It’s a tragedy that has exposed a lesser-known side of internet culture.

STOCKHOLM — On a chilly autumn morning in the Norra Djurgården district, a woman holding a small garbage bag hustled out of her apartment toward a trio of nondescript metal bins next to her building, ...