Royal family issues stern social media guidelines for followers

Royals get tough on cyberbullying: Stern new social media guidelines warn followers abuse won't be tolerated – after Kensington Palace admitted it spends hours blocking vile comments against Meghan and Kate Official site of the royal family has published strict new social media guidelines  Palace requests that people don't post 'obscene, offensive, threatening, abusive, hateful, inflammatory or promote sexually explicit material or violence' In January, Kensington Palace revealed it spends 'hours' blocking negative posts  The Duchess of Sussex, 37, has been frequently targeted with online trolling

By Jo Tweedy For Mailonline

Published: 13:31 GMT, 4 March 2019 | Updated: 19:02 GMT, 4 March 2019

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The Royal family has released strict new guidelines on what it will tolerate from users interacting with its social media accounts. 

Tweeting from @Clarence House, @royalfamily and @Kensingtonroyal, its official Twitter accounts, the palace has made it clear that 'obscene, offensive or threatening' comments will be blocked in order to create a 'safe environment' for genuine fans.  

The guidelines were laid out on the royal family's official website and then shared across their social media channels - prompting some immediate trolling. 

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The pregnant Duchess of Sussex and other members of the royal family have frequently been the target of online trolls on social media. Today, the official royal website posted new guidelines to followers saying abuse wouldn't be tolerated

The pregnant Duchess of Sussex and other members of the royal family have frequently been the target of online trolls on social media. Today, the official royal website posted new guidelines to followers saying abuse wouldn't be tolerated

The tweet that appeared on the @Clarencehouse Twitter handle; the guidelines were also posted on the accounts @royalfamily and @Kensingtonroyal

The tweet that appeared on the @Clarencehouse Twitter handle; the guidelines were also posted on the accounts @royalfamily and @Kensingtonroyal

The Duchess of Cambridge has also been a target of social media sleights

The new advice takes no prisoners suggesting that followers' comments don't go 'off-topic, be irrelevant or unintelligible'

The Duchess of Cambridge has also been a target of social media sleights; the new advice takes no prisoners suggesting that followers' comments don't go 'off-topic, be irrelevant or unintelligible'

In January, Kensington Palace revealed that its moderating teams spends

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