SNP MSPs were the most likely to receive abuse.
Holyrood will spend £125,000 beefing up online security for MSPs after hundreds of abusive posts were reported to police.
One was an opt-in service for MSPs which used monitoring software searches to provide early notice of potential online threats. She said “racial and religious abuse” is a “distinct trend” and “belittling” posts towards women were also evident. Scottish politics A party breakdown showed 592 comments were directed at Tory MSPs, 501 at Greens, 282 at Labour, 114 at Lib Dems and 6,621 at SNP members.
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