Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that South African politician, Mmusi Maimane, has said that catfish accounts on Twitter are contributing to suicides through their toxic behaviour. (Read More Here).
His statement came after the death of late Actor, Patrick Molefe Shai, who reportedly committed suicide yesterday morning.
Mmusi Maimane wrote:
"These catfish and follow train anonymous accounts are contributing to suicides and all manner of toxic behavior on this app. It must end.
They are cowards worse than Slik Talk, at least he was willing to show his face and face the consequences.
"They pose a present threat to the mental well being of the nation. There must be some policy interventions we can take to @Twitter to deal with this specific problem as it manifests in the South African twitter community.
I will look into this matter with my team. We cannot continue have suicides because of mental abuse on this app.
"If there are any academics and researchers who have been looking into this phenomena already I would love to get in touch with you. That data and research would be valuable to policy making and recommendations.
"This platform generates revenue from the engagements and interactions that occur here.
They have an obligation to make those profits ethically and in a way that does not harm users.
That means that they have a duty to remove the instigators of toxic and abusive behavior."
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