Meghan said making online interactions healthier for everyone is imperative
Los Angeles:
British Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, spoke on Tuesday about their campaign against social media negativity, with Harry warning of a “global hate crisis” affecting people’s mental health.
The couple, officially known as The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, led an almost two-hour online chat hosted by Time100 Talks with some of the pundits they said they met this year in their attempt to promote more compassion in online forums.
“This is a global crisis. A global hate crisis, a global disinformation crisis and a global health crisis,” Harry said in the opening speech of the “Engineering a Better World” discussion.
Harry and Meghan moved to Southern California this year after stepping down from their royal roles to forge a more independent life and escape hostile British media.
Meghan said it was imperative to make online interactions healthier for everyone.
“It’s not just a mental health or emotional well-being issue. It’s a human issue. And what happens to all of us online affects us deeply offline,” she said on Tuesday.
Meghan said last week that she closed all of her personal social media accounts a few years ago and has not read what people are saying about her online “for my own preservation”.
In a podcast conversation with teenagers earlier this month to mark World Mental Health Day, Meghan said she was told that “in 2019 I was the most trolled person in the world – man or woman”.
