Meghan Markle on Cyber Bullying, Trolls

Meghan Markle knows the pitfalls of social media firsthand. 

And when visiting with students from Australia’s Swinburne University of Technology with Prince Harry, the Duchess of Sussex recounted the struggles she’s experienced on the internet.

“For now, 10 years, every day for 10 years, I have been bullied and attacked,” she told the students, per Reuters. “And I was the most trolled person in the entire world. Now I’m still here.”

Meghan noted how social media companies are not necessarily “incentivized to stop” harassment, something that’s on her mind as she considers the future for younger generations. 

“When I think of all of you and what you’re experiencing,” the 44-year-old continued. “I think so much of that is having to realize that you know that industry, that billion-dollar industry, that is completely anchored and predicated on cruelty to get clicks—that’s not going to change. So, you have to be stronger than that.”