Ms Karen White:

I thank the Deputy for the question. I sympathise with anyone who has been subjected to targeted abuse, harassment or violent threats, whether online or offline. It is absolutely abhorrent and unacceptable.

I cannot speak to the individual circumstances of any one particular account or piece of content on the service, but I want to reassure the committee that we have robust policies in place at Twitter, particularly around abusive behaviour, hateful conduct and violent threats. When we are made aware of that type of content, or we find it ourselves-----