She told the Mirror: “Before hitting send, you have to think, is it true, is it necessary and is it kind? “And when I challenged her about some of the things that she had said it was ‘how could I judge a friendship based on social media when everybody says what they don’t mean on social media’. She also believes education on online safety for children and parents, as well as proper accountability for hate posted online will help stop trolls and cyberbullies in their tracks. She said: “You couldn’t write that in the newspaper, you couldn’t stand at Speakers’ Corner and say that and be that abusive and that vile, and yet on social media it’s completely unregulated. Measures called for include a clear method to report abuse and proper verification processes to stop abusers hiding behind anonymous accounts.

Source: Daily Mirror April 25, 2021 21:01 UTC