Madeleine McCann’s parents hit by ‘150 vile tweets a DAY from online trolls’

[Benice]

Why do you think the McCanns engender such disdain while Kerry Neddham or her parents don't ? A genuine question.

IMO it is because the Internet hadn't got into gear when Ben disappeared 26 years ago.    If it had then the Needhams would have suffered  in exactly the same way as other people have imo.   

However,  in those days, the 'spiteful'  and the '[ censored word ]s' had to confine themselves mainly to writing anonymous poison pen letters to their victims which took a certain amount of effort.

Nowadays they can do it effortlessly on the WWW.     Sarah Payne being forced to close her Twitter account purely because of the disgusting venom being directed at her is testament to that.

AIMHO

[Eleanor]

IMO it is because the Internet hadn't got into gear when Ben disappeared 26 years ago.    If it had then the Needhams would have suffered  in exactly the same way as other people have imo.   

However,  in those days, the 'spiteful'  and the '[ censored word ]s' had to confine themselves mainly to writing anonymous poison pen letters to their victims which took a certain amount of effort.

Nowadays they can do it effortlessly on the WWW.     Sarah Payne being forced to close her Twitter account purely because of the disgusting venom being directed at her is testament to that.

AIMHO

Not just in your opinion.  But sadly, there is nothing to be done about this nastiness.  They all perpetuate each other.  As long as there is one, then there will always be another.

[Angelo222]

Not just in your opinion.  But sadly, there is nothing to be done about this nastiness.  They all perpetuate each other.  As long as there is one, then there will always be another.

There will always be people in the world who feel embittered with their lot, who choose to spread hate on social media as a means of releasing that emotion while cowardly hiding behind their anonymity.  Recent events however have shown us that such conduct sometimes comes back to bite us when we least expect it.

[Alice Purjorick]

Keep on topic please.

Summers and Swan recorded the cyberattacks to which the McCanns are routinely subjected ... if memory serves me well one nonentity recorded on her blog that she didn't get a mention.

Not In Your Lifetime
Anthony Summers. Summers is an honest researcher who unfortunately is too easily bamboozled by suspect witnesses with "interesting" stories to tell.

[Mr Gray]

First you have to demonstrate the truth of your assertions that there is "a ceaseless tirade of baseless insinuation, accusation and denigration of an innocent and maligned couple, hovering between grief and hope for a lost and treasured daughter". Is that true or merely propaganda?

I would say that just about sums up amarals book....which has a lot of support on this forum

[John]

Social media sites like twitter and facebook could do much much more to get rid of the abuse which some people are subjected to on a daily basis but for some reason they refuse to do so.

On twitter for example the hashtag #McCann is used to label the majority of tweets which are directed at the McCann family, so removing that particular identifier would be a start.

[Robittybob1]

Social media sites like twitter and facebook could do much much more to get rid of the abuse which some people are subjected to on a daily basis but for some reason they refuse to do so.

On twitter for example the hashtag #McCann is used to label the majority of tweets which are directed at the McCann family, so removing that particular identifier would be a start.

I'd imagine there is endless variations that could be used instead.

[slartibartfast]

Social media sites like twitter and facebook could do much much more to get rid of the abuse which some people are subjected to on a daily basis but for some reason they refuse to do so.

On twitter for example the hashtag #McCann is used to label the majority of tweets which are directed at the McCann family, so removing that particular identifier would be a start.

That's not really how twitter works.

[G-Unit]

Social media sites like twitter and facebook could do much much more to get rid of the abuse which some people are subjected to on a daily basis but for some reason they refuse to do so.

On twitter for example the hashtag #McCann is used to label the majority of tweets which are directed at the McCann family, so removing that particular identifier would be a start.

I have looked at #mccann and the tweets are not necessarily directed at the McCanns. They are about them, not to them.

[slartibartfast]

I have looked at #mccann and the tweets are not necessarily directed at the McCanns. They are about them, not to them.

It's a method of finding tweets that may relate to a subject. There are a number of #McCann hashtags relating to other "McCanns".

[Mr Gray]

I have looked at #mccann and the tweets are not necessarily directed at the McCanns. They are about them, not to them.

Is that supposed to make any difference
Its just as bad

[Alfie]

I have looked at #mccann and the tweets are not necessarily directed at the McCanns. They are about them, not to them.

What are they saying about them?  The tweets about them dining out on Saturday night were not to them, they were about them, so does that make it less bad?

[Alfie]

Mark Dunn‏ @1963Markd · 23h23 hours ago 

Maddie #McCann will never get the chance to say Happy Mothers Day to Kate. Unless it's through a medium. Dogs don't lie. Both of them.

Most of the really nasty tweets come with accompanying propaganda pictures, either photoshopped, or with captions, which I can't reproduce here. 

That's from a one minute perusal, which is about as long as you'd want to spend looking before feeling dirty.

[carlymichelle]

Mark Dunn‏ @1963Markd · 23h23 hours ago 

Maddie #McCann will never get the chance to say Happy Mothers Day to Kate. Unless it's through a medium. Dogs don't lie. Both of them.

Most of the really nasty tweets come with accompanying propaganda pictures, either photoshopped, or with captions, which I can't reproduce here. 

That's from a one minute perusal, which is about as long as you'd want to spend looking before feeling dirty.

if  what others  say upsets you  so much why do you  go looking for  what  others  say about the mcanns??

[Robittybob1]

if  what others  say upsets you  so much why do you  go looking for  what  others  say about the mcanns??

We want to know what the McCanns are going through.