Social media abuse and bullying are unacceptable horrors which we must end now or the misery, lives ruined and even lost, will become a growing toll.
The Daily Mirror’s campaign to force the big publishers – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the big tech corporations are not simple platforms – to take responsibility for what is said on their sites is a fight for decency for all.
Footballers are taking a high-profile stand by planning their own four-day strike in a mass protest against racists but this is a battle for everybody who has suffered on social media.
Bigots and the prejudiced have no right to be horrifically offensive and insulting to others, often hiding their true identities behind invented names and multiple accounts.
Debate is good, disagreeing perfectly acceptable.
What must not be tolerated, even if it makes money for the tech companies, is abuse and bullying.
Let’s end it. Now.
