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Donald Trump is not the only one to leave social networks.

But this time it's of their own accord.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have abandoned social networks and do not plan to return, according to British newspaper

The Sunday Times

.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex had stopped using their Instagram account, where they had accumulated more than 10 million subscribers, when they officially stepped down from the royal family in early April 2020.

The couple disillusioned by online hate

"A source close to the couple said they had no plans to use social media for their new Archewell foundation and that it was highly unlikely that they would return to the platforms in a personal capacity," he said. Sunday the

Sunday Times.

According to the Sunday edition of the newspaper, "the couple is disillusioned by the hatred they have encountered on social networks", adding that Meghan had already confided "on the almost insurmountable experience of trolls on the Internet".

"I was told that in 2019, I was the most trolled person in the world, men and women alike," she said in the

Teenager Therapy

podcast

, referring to the feeling of "isolation" and the consequences " harmful ”online abuse she suffered while pregnant with their son Archie.

In full questioning of social networks

The couple's decision comes amid questions surrounding the spread of hate speech on social networks, while Twitter on Saturday "permanently" suspended the account of US President Donald Trump, facing the "risk of further incitement to violence ".

Facebook and other services like Instagram, Snapchat or Twitch have, for their part, suspended the profile of the tenant of the White House for an indefinite period, after the riots of his supporters which invaded the Capitol on Wednesday for several hours.

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