High-profile ABC News presenter Patricia Karvelas has revealed the sickening abuse she has been bombarded with online - forcing her to take a step back from social media.
The radio and TV host is the latest of a growing number of female stars at the public broadcaster who have lifted the lid on the misogynist trolling they experience day after day.
Karvelas on Thursday announced she was turning off direct messages on her Twitter account due to the abuse she was facing on the platform.
'I've had open DMs because I like Twitter connectivity but I'm sad to say after the personal threats I have received I must close that now,' she wrote.
The broadcaster called out online bullies just a week after award-winning political reporter Leigh Sales wrote of the 'unhinged' personal attacks she and her colleagues receive on a daily basis.
News presenter Patricia Karvelas has revealed she is turning off direct messages on her Twitter account because of the relentless social media abuse she receives
'I've had open DMs because I like Twitter connectivity but I'm sad to say after the personal threats I have received I must close that now,' she wrote
Breakfast presenter Lisa Millar has also recently quit Twitter after being targeted by online commenters who accused her of showing bias towards the Morrison government.
Karvelas shared a string of abusive messages she had received online as she announced she was deactivating her DMs, which included trolls insulting her children.
'This is just a taste of the vile stuff I've received where they have found me now on Instagram,' she wrote.
'I think it’s important that people know that female journalists are being targeted in the most aggressive misogynistic ways.
'Throw in homophobia and it really is next level toxic.'
Karvelas shared a string of abusive messages she had received online as she announced she was deactivating her DMs
ABC News Breakfast presenter Lisa Millar was recently forced off Twitter as a result of relentless trolls
Her stand against online abuse follows Millar speaking out about the unrelenting attacks she has received on social media.
She said critics had become incensed after she was accused of smiling before a segment about former PM John Howard.
'It reached new heights of ridiculousness in the fortnight before I quit, when I came in for criticism for allegedly smiling while introducing a 20-second clip of John Howard speaking about Afghanistan,' she told The
