Royal family issues social media guidelines after Meghan-Kate abuse

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/04/uk/royal-family-social-media-guidelines-scli-gbr-intl/index.html

London (CNN)Britain's royal family has told social media users to show "courtesy, kindness and respect" when interacting with its online posts, after repeated cases of online abuse directed at Duchesses Meghan and Kate.

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, are frequently the subjects of abusive comments on social media -- something that prompted Kensington Palace to ask social media firms for help in tackling the issue in January.

Much of the abuse is sexist, while racist comments are also made against Meghan, who joined the royal family when she married Prince Harry last year.

The royal family said it reserves the right to delete comments, block users and report posters to police if their contributions do not meet their guidelines, which also state that comments "must not be off-topic, irrelevant or unintelligible."

"These guidelines are in place to help create a safe environment" on their social media channels, the statement says.

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NOT amused...

[hlthe2b]

1. If only we all had the same protections against trolls...

We should...

[Hortensis]

2. :) Ok, since it applies only to the royal family's own social media sites.

My family wouldn't allow it on ours, either.

As for the problem, no surprise surely? Planet-wide racial, religious, cultural integrations are only some of the enormous changes and challenges frightening these lowlifes into acting out.

This too will pass. If it doesn't kill us.