By Caitlin Roper

I made the mistake of opening my X account the other day.

Within the last hour, a single user had sent me 32 tweets. These included doctored images depicting me on fire, hanging dead from a noose, with a gun pointed at my head and covered in blood, staring up at the camera alongside two men with knives. He also sent me real footage of people being shot to death.

I tried to report the tweets, which must be reported individually – a significant undertaking for 32 tweets – but to no avail.

X responded that the violent images created of me and posted on their public platform did not violate their terms. When I tried to report the footage of people being killed – because surely this was illegal – X asked me to provide a death certificate for the deceased individuals, and to prove I was either a family member or a legal representative.

I could........

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