Official Find Madeleine Campaign site on Facebook block non supporters!

[slartibartfast]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ben-needhams-mum-hits-back-6580099

Good to see Kerry being courageous enough to speak out. No need for 'pals', 'sources' or 'webmaster's' to hide behind.

Whoops...

[Brietta]

Such hysteria, dramatics, histrionics, arse covering pity festival and rewriting of the truth, jumped on by the usual suspects to further rewrite the facts, truly puerile, and underhand,  nothing more to be said here....
The FM Twitter page was never a target for continual vile and viscious attacks, horrible photoshopped photos etc  as claimed, everyone would have heard about it,if it were, why mention it now and close it down  after 7 years??

The #mccann is a different kettle of fish and is the place where most critical messages are contained but that is nothing to do with the mccanns or the needhams

And Brietta, if anyone's shot themselves in the foot it's not your beloved "trolls" you only need to read the Mirror and Telegraph articles to see how the FM webmaster and K and G have done exactly that by going on the attack and implicating Kerry Needhams campaign...luckily she is a woman wth grace and dignity and has done her bit to diffuse the effects of the pouring petrol on the fire in this pathetic little fiasco

You have to be blind to not see

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/madeleinemccann/11913054/Madeleine-McCanns-parents-shut-down-Twitter-account-after-being-trolled-by-find-Ben-Needham-supporters.html


http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccanns-parents-remove-official-6577584

Congratulations Mercury ... that is exactly the terms in which to couch a response to a post or posts whith which you disagree.  There are posters who could learn from that.

Isn't it extraordinary though how you and I perceive things from the opposite sides of the spectrum ... you have your interpretation, I have mine and never the twain shall meet.

[mercury]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/ben-needhams-mum-hits-back-6580099


Ben Needham's mum hits back at Madeleine McCann's parents as they shut Twitter account due to 'trolls'
Mirror
5 Oct 2015
By Lucy Thornton , Tracey Kandohla

Kate and Gerry said it was “a great pity” they had to take the action but felt negative postings were hampering the worldwide hunt for their daughter

Hurt: Kerry Needham, mother of Bed Needham, has hit back at the McCann's

Ben Needham's mum has said she is "shocked and hurt" after Madeleine McCann's parents have closed down a Twitter account after “toxic” abuse by supporters of missing Ben's family. Kate and Gerry said it was “a great pity” they had to take the action but felt negative postings were hampering the worldwide hunt for their daughter.

READ MORE: Madeleine McCann's parents remove official Twitter account because of 'continuous abuse' from trolls

Kerry Needham said: “It feels like a personal attack on me. It is deeply, deeply hurtful.

“I have myself had massive amounts of slanderous abuse from supporters of the McCann Campaign in the past but I have never taken that personally.

“It’s freedom of speech. But it is getting the names of two missing children out there which is really important.


“I have never criticised the McCann family. I have only every criticised the authorities for the way the two cases have been handled so differently.”

Trouble erupted with the Twitter accounts when the official ‘@findmadeleine’ Twitter feed blocked the ‘@FindBenNeedham’ account at the weekend.

Getty Kate McCann
Closed down: Kate McCann and her husband Gerry McCann have made the decision to shut the Twitter feed

The Greek account @findbengreek was also blocked.

A few hours later both accounts were unblocked after an outcry but now the Madeleine feed has been closed down.

Kerry added: “People were furious at the weekend when they blocked our campaign, so of course they were bound to get more negative comments.

“Ben’s campaign has never been anti McCann - we can’t help the fact that some members of the public give their opinion about the McCann case just the same as people give their opinion about Ben’s case.”

The web chief who runs the official Find Madeleine Campaign and Twitter, endorsed by the McCanns, said of their decision: “They agree it’s time to remove ourselves from a place that allows so much toxic content to be directed at us and does not permit us the ability to protect ourselves from people who want to damage the search for Madeleine.”

Kerry Needham recently questioned the vast amount of British taxpayers’ money spent by police looking for Maddie.
So far £10.1 million has been used by Operation Grange with a further £2 million pledged while less than £800,000 has been spent on the campaign to find Ben.

Kerry’s 21-month-old son Ben vanished in July 1991 from the Greek island of Kos. Three-year-old Maddie disappeared during a family holiday in Portugal’s Praia da Luz in May 2007. Both families believe their children could still be alive.


McCann family spokesperson Clarence Mitchell said: “Kate and Gerry have always supported the campaign to find Ben Needham.

Indeed, they have promoted it on the Find Madeleine Campaign social media platform.

“However, it is a great pity that due to continued, ill informed and abusive comments by some social media users, the decision was made to close the Find Madeleine Twitter account.

“Kate and Gerry continue to wish Kerry Needham the best and hope that one day she will be reunited with Ben, just as they continue to hope that they will similarly be reunited with Madeleine.”

A source close to Maddie’s parents said closing down a Twitter account because of abuse should not be seen as an attack on Ben’s family’s side. Former GP Kate and heart doctor Gerry, both 47, of Rothley, Leics, made the decision to shut down Twitter despite not being social media users themselves. The Facebook campaign will continue to run....



Good to see Kerry being courageous enough to speak out. No need for 'pals', 'sources' or 'webmaster's' to hide behind.

Indeed, truth is simple, lies are convoluted

[ferryman]

Why would she do that?

Perhaps because her instinct (within bounds of what Portuguese law allows) is to apprehend the justice of the McCamms' claim, an instinct, perhaps, sharpened by Amaral's prevarication and delay during the course of legal proceedings concluded back in April?

[faithlilly]

Indeed, truth is simple, lies are convoluted

This sentence was especially interesting :

'
“I have myself had massive amounts of slanderous abuse from supporters of the McCann Campaign in the past but I have never taken that personally.'

[mercury]

This sentence was especially interesting :

'
“I have myself had massive amounts of slanderous abuse from supporters of the McCann Campaign in the past but I have never taken that personally.'

Yes
One for Brietta Misty Davelo  and Alf maybe, a lesson in how NOT to jeopardise your own search whose blaming others  by throwing toys out the pram, catch you bit later

[carlymichelle]

good on kerry for speaking out she  clearly isnt scared of the mcanns

[Alfred R Jones]

This sentence was especially interesting :

'
“I have myself had massive amounts of slanderous abuse from supporters of the McCann Campaign in the past but I have never taken that personally.'

How much slanderous abuse have you witnessed from McCann supporters about Kerry Needham?  I can't recall ever hearing any, but as slander is spoken perhaps armies of McCann supporters have been stalking Kerry and abusing her face to face, though that really doesn't sound very plausible to me...

[faithlilly]

How much slanderous abuse have you witnessed from McCann supporters about Kerry Needham?  I can't recall ever hearing any, but as slander is spoken perhaps armies of McCann supporters have been stalking Kerry and abusing her face to face, though that really doesn't sound very plausible to me...

Are you saying Kerry is being dishonest ?

[carlymichelle]

Are you saying Kerry is being dishonest ?

im glad to see kerry speaking out she has been much more dignfied then gerry and kate

[Alfred R Jones]

Are you saying Kerry is being dishonest ?

No, I'm asking you how much abuse you've witnessed directed at Kerry Needham from McCann supporters, have you seen much or are we to assume from what Kerry has said that this massive amounts of abuse has all been delivered verbally and off-line?

[faithlilly]

im glad to see kerry speaking out she has been much more dignfied then gerry and kate

She is like a breath of good, clean air after the fetid dishonesty that seems to surround the Find Madeleine campaign Carlymichelle.

[faithlilly]

No, I'm asking you how much abuse you've witnessed directed at Kerry Needham from McCann supporters, have you seen much or are we to assume from what Kerry has said that this massive amounts of abuse has all been delivered verbally and off-line?

So you are saying she was being dishonest when she said that she'd been the victim of many slanderous attacks by McCann supporters ?

[carlymichelle]

So you are saying she was being dishonest when she said that she'd been the victim of many slanderous attacks by McCann supporters ?

the thing is faithlily ben vanished without anything to do with kerry she   had ben with his grandparents he wasnt left alone crying in a diffrent countrys hotel....

[Alfred R Jones]

She is like a breath of good, clean air after the fetid dishonesty that seems to surround the Find Madeleine campaign Carlymichelle.

How do you reconcile your admiration of Kerry with the fact that she has been fully supportive of the McCanns' campaign for the last 8 years (well up until the last 48 hours anyway)?