Ms Bailey told Newstalk Breakfast of the abuse she suffered following her controversial claim against a Dublin hotel for a fall from a swing, while welcoming proposed legislation to regulate social media platforms. The Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill provides for the appointment of an online safety commissioner as part of a wider Media Commission to oversee new regulatory framework for online safety. “I was silenced in fear and I’m not anymore.”At the peak of the online abuse, she said her father was in the final stages of motor neurone disease. Ms Bailey said that the abuse suffered by women online is different from that experienced by men. Ms Bailey said she was hoping to see reform in how social media platforms were regulated when it came to abusive comments online.

Source: The Irish Times May 07, 2021 12:56 UTC