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Madeleine McCann’s parents hit by ‘150 vile tweets a DAY from online trolls’

Source: The Sun
This article talks about how the parents of Madeline McCann have received a lot of online hate since the dissapearance of the child in 2007. Most of the hate is people accusing the parents and saying its their fault. Research has even been taken place to see what most of the online abuse is about which in my opinion is irrelevant to the case that has lasted 10 years. Research is also being expanded to examine people supporting the Mccans. People are going through all this trouble but when it comes to other issues we dont hear anything. For example i read an article from BBC news about a 16 year old girl who had killed herself from being bullied for 3 years. The parents of this girl did not get any money for funeral etc, there was no investigation for the people who had bullied her, she did not receive help while being bullied. Teenage suicide rates are increasing so i feel as if these issues should have more priority. Yes its bad that the parents are receiving hate but ii dont believe they need to go so much in depth about it. Ive also read that the McCanns have been given £85,000 of taxypayers' cash in order to continue the investgation for another 6 months. 10 year shes been missing yet theres many cases where missing children stories are not even mentioned in the news. I feel as if it had been someone else they would have been charged with neglect for abandoning their children while they went out to eat. I sympathise with the parents however i just think its unfair for this story to still be around while have to sit and wait for their child to hopefully come home. This is a representation of inequality as not everyone is receiving the same opportunity to help their children. It is also a representation of issues.