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The damage caused by abusive online comments is being seen on a daily basis by a Leeds-based charity working to challenge hate speech.

Here, Stop Hate UK chief executive Rose Simkins explains why she welcomes the YEP’s Call It Out campaign.

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Rose writes: “At Stop Hate UK, we know first hand the damage caused by comments and hate speech online. We hear and see it every day and we know people whose lives are affected by malicious and sometimes vicious comments.

'We know first hand the damage caused by hate speech online' - Stop Hate UK chief executive Rose Simkins