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"Tweets of abuse against Meghan Markle are unreadable"
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January 16, 2020
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5:00Now PlayingThis scientist who studied abusive tweets about Meghan Markle said they contain "some of the worst racist and misogynistic terms" to the point his colleagues in the study got upset.
Dr John Price conducted this study capture for the first 24 hours after the Sussexes' announcement to step back as senior royals.
The Tweets were "overwhelmingly negative" and there were about 400 Tweets which contained "some of the worst racist and misogynistic terms."
"Even for people like myself who deal with this stuff on a regular basis, it's still shocking to read. I know some of my computing colleagues who aren't used to dealing with this sort of stuff get really upset when they read the kind of stuff that we're capturing," said the doctor.
He admitted that even though he captures Tweets frequently online as part of his job, he was "still shocked."
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