KATE PRICE ISSUES DARK WARNING TO TROLLS AS SHE LAUNCHES NEW INTIATIVE
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Katie Price appeared on Steph's Packed Lunch on Wednesday 10 th March, where she launched her new initiative, Track a Troll, which works to combat online abuse.
Katie has started a petition to make verified ID a legal requirement for anyone opening a social media account, after years of vile messages sent to her and targeting her 18-year-old son, Harvey.
Speaking to host Steph McGovern, Katie, 42, said: "Today, live, I've started a new petition, and it's called Track a Troll.
She explained: "Any online sites or apps should need you to sign in with ID, or if you're under 18 your parent or guardian can sign you in."
The mum-of-five continued: "The future is online, you get a mortgage of a car, they want to know everything.
"But people are committing suicide, and trolling causes mental health [issues]. So, I think there should be some kind of law where perpetrators should be IDed."
"I believe if there is a consequence, a fine, or you go on a register, it might make people think differently and think twice about what they write."
'Sign my petition - let's get you trolls!" she added.
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Katie has been campaigning about online abuse since 2018, and has been working with politicians to introduce new legislation called Harvey's Law, which would make it illegal to troll and abuse others online and put offenders on a register.
Katie said: "I get messages all the time through social media, asking for me to help. My previous petition, Harvey's Law, went to Parliament and they all agree with me that something needs to happen."
She added: "We're all allowed a freedom of speech and I'm not trying to take any of that away.
"We can all have banter, we can all have a joke, but you know when you're crossing a line. If you do have to start giving ID, people will think twice about what they write."
Katie needs 100,000 signatures for this to be debated in parliament, and said she believes if Track a Troll were to be passed as a law by Parliament, it would force the social media houses to comply.
Katie also revealed on the show that she has previously had four kidnap threats.
"Scotland Yard knock on your door, they know from intelligence before I even know. I've had them pretty bad," she said, adding that was why she bought protection dog Blade.
* Steph's Packed Lunch airs weekdays at 12.30pm on Channel 4