Amber Heard Suffered One of the Worst Cases of Cyberbullying, Study Shows
Amber Heard reportedly became a victim of one of the worst cases of cyberbullying, a study revealed.
Heard, indeed, scored the spotlight during the defamation trial for the wrong reasons. Instead of receiving the same amount of support she had during the libel case in the UK, the actress faced repercussions over the last few months.
With that, a new report dubbed it one of the worst cases of cyberbullying.
The owner of Bot Sentinel, Christopher Bouzy, shared the company's latest report about the Depp-Heard trial. It turned out that the "Aquaman" star was extremely bullied, as well as her supporters.
"Exclusive: Our latest report illustrates how Amber Heard and her supporters were subjected to rampant abuse and targeted harassment. Twitter essentially left the women to fend for themselves with little to no support from the platform," he wrote.
The key findings state that the company identified around 627 accounts that merely focused on tweeting negative posts about Heard and her supporters - particularly the female fans.
Meanwhile, the hashtags #AmberHeardIsAnAbuser, #AmberHeardLsAnAbuser, #AmberHeardIsALiar, and #AmberHeardLsALiar were spammed by 3,288 accounts.
Women who offered support to Heard also faced abuse.
Amber Heard Supporters Face Condemnation
Before the report was released, one of Heard's fans, Ella Dawson, revealed that the trolls had not stopped yet.
"I'm still getting people tweeting at me, calling me weird heinous stuff. And it's been weeks and weeks. That's very strange," she said, per CBS News.
The digital strategist and writer are just one of many Heard's supporters who have been receiving hate comments due to an organized campaign of "widespread targeted harassment."
Before releasing the report, Bot Sentinel sent a list of hundreds of accounts to Twitter, saying that those people "violated multiple rules and policies of the platform, including but not limited to violent threats, abuse/harassment, hateful conduct, private information, and platform manipulation and spam."
According to Bouzy, Twitter trolls relentlessly attacked Heard and her female supporters using vulgar and threatening language.
Another hashtag, #AmberHeardDeservesJustice, has been trending for days. However, the tweets under it contain foul language and attempt to bring her down even more.
One said, "Does #AmberHeardDeservesJustice? Absolutely not! Abusers, liars, cheaters & manipulators (which is exactly what she is) deserve nothing but sorrow, despair & humiliation. Her simps love to encourage people like this to do more of what they're doing, it's disgraceful."
