RTÉ Sport journalist
Last week the Olympic Federation of Ireland launched a new campaign aimed at highlighting and clamping down on online hate speech.
The hashtag for the Don t Scroll By campaign is self-explanatory: #DeleteBanReport.
It s 17 years since Facebook was launched, almost 15 since Twitter first became a thing, while Instagram is just over a decade old.
One of the many offshoots of these websites has been how high-profile athletes use them to communicate with the wider public. They offer a chance to cut out the traditional mainstream media when it comes to presenting their opinions to the world, a direct line to fans.
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