The Alliance leader said she had been subjected to 'squalid and misogynistic' abuse in recent days.
Twitter needs to "up their game" when it comes to tackling online abuse, the Alliance Party leader Naomi Long has said.She said social media platforms must act to improve their standards, but said the abuse "will not silence or deter me".Mrs Long took to Twitter on Saturday to talk about the abuse she said she had experienced in the previous 72 hours, describing it as "genuinely appalling".
The former Stormont justice minister said "nobody has a right to a platform", but she also criticised the social media giant's response to her."When Twitter sends you an email and says: 'This doesn't breach our community standards', my question is: 'What kind of community standards do you have if it doesn't?'"Misogynistic, threatening and sexist abuse," she described.
Northern Ireland's former first minister Arlene Foster tweeted her solidarity with the Alliance leader and told those behind the message "to take a good look at yourselves, especially if you have women who you love in your life - how would you feel if they received such messages?"She wrote to them sharing her "growing concern", citing intimidation during the election campaign in May 2022.
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