Lizzo: Facebook and Instagram remove abusive comments from singer's accounts – BBC News

image captionLizzo spoke out after the release of her latest video prompted negative reaction onlineFacebook and Instagram have removed several hateful comments on US singer Lizzo’s social media accounts.The move comes after the singer spoke tearfully about the “hurtful” abuse she’d received on social media. A spokesman for Facebook told The Hollywood Reporter the comments which had been removed broke the company’s rules about hate speech and harassment.Earlier this week, Lizzo said she had received attacks online which were “fatphobic” and “racist”.Lizzo, real name Melissa Jefferson, has become a successful recording artist in recent years thanks to hits such as Juice and Good as Hell.However, the release of the video for her latest single Rumours, a collaboration with Cardi B, prompted some negative reaction online.During an Instagram Live on Sunday, Lizzo said: “On the days when I should feel the happiest, I feel so down. Sometimes I feel like the world just don’t love me back. It’s like it doesn’t matter how much positive energy you put into the world, you’re still gonna have people who have something mean to say about you.”image sourcePA Mediaimage captionCelebrities began receiving large numbers of abusive comments in recent years with the rise of…
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