Apparently Rachel Riley was involved in research for the CCDH report."The public figures have been convinced by new research that suggests hate speech is being inadvertently spread via social media when insults, put downs or worse are quoted or shared.To reverse the worrying trend, the likes of Lineker and Riley have signed-up to instead reporting the worst cases of online abuse and vile messages to the police, while sending lesser examples to social media companies such as Twitter and Facebook to put pressure on them to act.""She said the experience had "totally changed the way I interact on Twitter"."Before having CCDH's knowledge it felt like not responding to trolls or blocking them was weak, and calling them out, trying to engage in conversation and education was helpful, but the research shows otherwise," said the Celebrity Gogglebox star who has campaigned against anti-semitism in the Labour Party."I now block trolls as common practice, and have changed my settings to avoid seeing much of their output, which has made life much better from a mental health standpoint and vitally, is not inadvertently helping to grow their audiences or feed their negativity.""https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/gary-lineker-rachel-riley-silencing-16923908
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