British royals combat online trolls with social media guidelines

Britain's royal family has issued a social media guideline after repeated cases of online abuse directed at Duchesses Meghan and Kate.

They urged netizens to extend "courtesy, kindness and respect" while interacting online.

It also bans any "obscene, offensive, threatening, abusive, hateful" and discriminatory posts.

Today we have published guidelines for interacting with The @RoyalFamily, @ClarenceHouse and Kensington Palace social media channels. Read in full here: https://t.co/1qdvEoDktd

— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) March 4, 2019

The royal family added that it reserved the right to delete comments, block users and report abuse to the police if anyone violated the guidelines.