Meghan Markle has told Australian students she believes she is “the most trolled person in the world”. <\/p>\n
The Duchess of Sussex said the trolling came as she was “bullied and attacked” relentlessly every day for 10 years on social media.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry initially addressed the crowd of young mental health advocates, stating that social media had “led to so much loneliness for so many people”.<\/p>\n
Meghan then spoke to the classroom, saying social media companies were “not incentivised to stop”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Calmly and candidly, the duchess added: “And 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.<\/p>\n
“For now, 10 years, every day for 10 years, I have been bullied and attacked. <\/p>\n
“And I was the most trolled person in the entire world.<\/p>\n
“Now, I\u2019m still here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“And 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
“So you have to be stronger than that.”<\/p>\n
The duchess made the claim during a discussion with young members and associates of Australian mental health organisation Batyr at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology on Thursday, the third day of the Sussexes’ private tour of Australia.<\/p>\n
Batyr is a preventative youth mental health organisation, established in 2011, that provides and delivers peer-to-peer programmes and speeches in schools, universities, and workplaces to “spark conversations around mental health”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/p>\nThe Duchess of Sussex said the trolling came as she was ‘bullied and attacked’ relentlessly every day for 10 years on social media<\/p>\n
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They often engage with high-profile figures who draw upon their own experiences of mental health.<\/p>\n
The organisation is hosting a two-day workshop in Melbourne, addressing challenges faced by young people who are “being left behind by a crisis-driven mental health system”.<\/p>\n
The duke and duchess have long been advocates of raising awareness of the dangers of social media.<\/p>\n
Australia banned under-16s from using major social media services, including Tiktok, X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat and Threads last year \u2013 a move branded “epic” by the prince.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n