Cyber bullies disgust.
John Key has told an audience that he worries about the amount of "haters" his son, Max Key, has as a result of being prominent on news websites and radio stations as well as social media, for no reason other than he's trending at the moment.
Of course, there's a
small part of all of us who think a person who gets prominence on websites because he takes his shirt off and is the Prime Minister's son should be prepared for some derision.
Some of us might think, yeah, well, sucks to be you, Max.
But the reality is that the savagery of social media is so profound that the Prime Minister is right to be worried, not just for his son, but for anyone of that age.
I met a mother recently who described a campaign of mental violence against her daughter via social media and texting. The campaign sums up a catalogue of stalking, harassment, threats of violence, threats to kill, and promises that it will never stop.
