Former 'Love Island' star Amy Hart has opened up about her experience with trolls and has slammed social networking sites for their lack of control over abuse.
Amy Hart
The blonde beauty opened up about the online abuse she suffers on a daily basis during an appearance on ITV News and the negative effect it has on her mental health.
Reading out one post from a troll, she said: "Look at the state of you, you look plastic. Absolute waste of organs. Fake teeth, fake boobs, fake personality."
Opening up on her experience of trolling since she found fame, she said: "I've had death threats. One girl sends me horrible things every day so I block her but she makes new accounts".
Amy, 29, was a contestant on the ITV2 dating show in 2019 and has since become an influencer, working with brands such as In the Style.
She told ITV News: "You can't really get away from it - apart from getting rid of your phone. But you can't get rid of your phone because that's your job now."
She took her views to an inquiry into influencer culture and voiced her opinions there, where she claimed that ID verification should be needed when signing up to social media.
She said: "Everyone's got a national insurance number. And if you're under 16 and don't have one, then your parents should have to put theirs because one of my death threats was traced back to a 13-year-old.
"And you think if that's what they're doing at 13, in their bedroom at their mum and dad's house, what are they going to do when they're 18 and they're out on their own."
Amy revealed she had approached the social media companies to implore them to change their policies and get control of the trolls, but he words have, so far, fallen on deaf ears.
She said: "I am desensitised but I would say that the (social media) networks are not supportive enough when it comes to trolling.
"I have reported some messages before and they come back saying, 'We have looked at it and it doesn't break community guidelines' and I am like, 'Look at that message!'
"Look at this barrage of messages someone has sent me before 7 o'clock in the morning telling me how much they hate me, how awful I am, why everyone hates me, how ugly I am.
"From a fake account as well, a trolling account, a burner account, and you are telling me that doesn't break policy?"