Prince Harry: “Megxit” shows the half-heartedness of the tabloids and the power of the trolls

With the Megan Markle, his wife Prince Harry, to be considered as the instigator of their resignation from their duties and their removal from the United Kingdom in California, USA, the «Megxit» established as a derogatory term by the British media. And it started to apply shortly after their announcement in January 2020.

Recently, therefore, the Prince Harry referred to the term and explained how «Megxit» hides behind him misogyny. Posted via video call at the topic conference “The internet, a machine that makes lies”, organized by the American magazine Wired, said the term is a clear example of the hatred that the internet and the media construct.

“People may or may not realize it, but the term Megxit was and is a term that shows half-heartedness and It was built by a troll, empowered by the royal authors, and magnified by the sovereign media. “That does not change the fact, however, that it started with a troll,” he said.

According to a study by the organization Bot Sentinel, unveiled last month, only on its platform Twitter 83 accounts were identified, which produce the 70% of posts with hate speech or misinformation about him Harry and Megan. In his speech o Piρίγκιπας stood in that investigation and turned their fire on the reporters of the royal family. “Not only did they spread these lies but they reproduced them as true,” he said.

THE Prince Harry, who now lives in Montecito with his wife and their two children, described the misinformation as a “global humanitarian crisis” and added: same reason “. Both he and her Megan Markle launched a campaign to better control social media. “I am not on social media and until things change, it will remain the same,” he said.