Calls for social media firms 'to wake up and take action' after online abuse of SF Senator

Calls for social media firms 'to wake up and take action' after online abuse of SF Senator

Fintan Warfield has said that a torrent of homophobic and transphobic abuse he suffered on Twitter led to an in-person attack outside Leinster House last week. File picture: Andres Poveda

A Sinn Féin Senator has reported a spate of online trolling to gardaí.

Fintan Warfield has said that a torrent of homophobic and transphobic abuse he suffered on Twitter led to an in-person attack outside Leinster House last week.

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