The Duchess of Sussex meets young advocates during a visit to Batyr, a mental health engagement programme (Image: Jonathan Brady\/PA)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n The Duchess of Sussex has said she was \u201cbullied and attacked\u201d every day for 10 years on social media and was \u201cthe most trolled person in the entire world\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Speaking to a classroom of young people involved with the mental health organisation Batyr on the third day of her Australian visit, Meghan said social media companies were \u201cnot incentivised to stop\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAnd I can speak to that really personally, which is why I like to listen, because it rings true for me in a very real way,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cFor now, 10 years, every day for 10 years, I have been bullied and attacked. And I was the most trolled person in the entire world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Duchess of Sussex said she was \u2018bullied and attacked\u2019 online (Image: Jonathan Brady\/PA)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n Speaking at Melbourne\u2019s Swinburne University of Technology, the duchess added: \u201cNow, I\u2019m still here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAnd when I think of all of you and what you\u2019re experiencing, I think so much of that is having to realise that you know that industry, that billion-dollar industry, that is completely anchored and predicated on cruelty to get clicks \u2013 that\u2019s not going to change.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cSo you have to be stronger than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n During the discussion, Harry said Australia\u2019s ban on under-16s using social media was \u201cepic\u201d from a \u201cresponsibility and leadership standpoint\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He said: \u201cAustralia took the lead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cYour government was the first country in the world to bring about a ban.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cNow we can sit here and debate the pros and cons of a ban \u2013 I\u2019m not here to judge that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cAll I will say is from a responsibility and leadership standpoint \u2013 epic.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The duke and duchess have long campaigned to raise awareness about the harms of social media\u00a0 (Image: Jonathan Brady\/PA)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n ![\"Duke](\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/106\/590x\/secondary\/6865120.jpg?r=1776316059506\" "\\"Duke")
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