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Autism Campaigner Kevin Healey Doesn’t Feel Safe On Twitter

August 9, 2013

In a statement, he says:

Statement: I’m so sorry at this present time I feel I’m unable to use twitter in a safe environment I have been constantly trolled over the last week and have sent a few twitter abuse report forms to twitter and I personally feel the twitter abuse button is useless, ive reported several incidents and nothng has been done with the TROLLS  twitter offered me extra level support but even failed at that, I have no protection for myself or people like myself who get daily abuse however my campaign will still be running via the official campaign twitter @autismcampaign media press enquires please contact @BoxedOutPR however I will come back on once twitter rectify the situation
#twitter #trolls #cyberbullying #victim #autism twitter abuse thank you to all my supporters im afraid i wont be replying to any messages any urgent messages please contact my Hayley Smith @BoxedOutPR via twitter

autism-campaign.co.uk

7 Comments leave one →
  1. Nick permalink
    August 9, 2013 6:27 pm

    I’ve never been trolled in my life so i can’t comment. Their are always fools around and that will always be the case and complaining to whenever will get you nowhere
    personally i would just delete any comments that are not on topic if you are able to do so ?

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  2. samedifference1 permalink*
    August 9, 2013 6:58 pm

    You are able to delete offensive Tweets Nick but if you are getting several an hour as Caroline Criado Perez and others have been recently then that doesn’t really work.

    Trolling on Twitter and other similar sites is a big issue at the moment.

    I think it’s a real shame that Kevin Healey feels this way as Twitter is a great source of support and a place to socialise for disabled people, many who can’t leave their houses.

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    • Nick permalink
      August 9, 2013 11:37 pm

      thanks for letting me know several an hour is terrible i don’t know of Caroline Criado Perez but to be trolled like she has she must of been speaking out for the good of others as that’s how trolls work

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  3. samedifference1 permalink*
    August 10, 2013 1:42 am

    She’s the one who campaigned to get Jane Austen on our tenners.

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    • Nick permalink
      August 10, 2013 9:14 am

      thanks i wasn’t aware of that fact. as i said she was doing same good so that’s the price you have to pay unfortunately hopefully those at twitter will forward there isp address on to the police so that they can then be prosecuted for being a abusive

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  4. August 10, 2013 7:19 pm

    Some thoughts in a recent blog entry: Twitter silence is not an answer

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