Dame Julia added: “I believe strongly that the most important contributions we can make to efforts to protect our democratic and pluralistic society is to remain an honest broker in the exercise of our functions and be willing, again and again, for as long as it takes, to resist the normalisation of violence.”
Lisa Nandy, the Digital Secretary, said she would “tighten up the law” around doxxing – the act of posting someone’s personal information online – in response to complaints from Peter Sparkes, the chief executive of the RNLI.
She also convened a meeting of major social media companies, including Meta and TikTok to address the issue, and later blasted Elon Musk-owned X for not showing up.
Vikki Slade, the Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, characterised the posts as being “very disturbing”.
