Katie price today told of the hate-filled abuse her disabled son Harvey gets - as she took her fight for a new criminal offence of online trolling to be created to Parliament. The former glamour model told how her 15 year-old son - who is blind and has a range of health problem - is constantly mocked online.
Giving evidence in parliament with her mother Amy by her side, she described how sick trolls single him out and hurl racist abuse at him on the internet - even creating sick videos of him.
She is calling for a new criminal offence - which she has dubbed 'Harvey's Law' - to be created to make online trolling a specific criminal offence.
Speaking about her son, Ms Price said: 'He is mocked for his colour, his size, I just think they think he is an easy target to pick on.
'But I'm his voice. I'm here and I'm going to protect him. She told MPs in parliament today: 'I've got five children and out of those fie children the online abuse is only against one....and it is because of the colour of his skin.
'He gets mocked for his size, and they his eyes are.
'I kept reporting them, they would get closed down but then re open and start again.'
The reality TV star said she 'named and shamed' her son's abusers on Twitter but that did not stop them.
And she called in the police to track down the culprits and close them down - but said the officers became 'embarrassed' because there was nothing they could do as there was no specific criminal offence.
She told MPs that the online world 'is the future' and that more must be done now to crack down on abuse online. <!-- Global site tag (gtag.js) - Google Analytics -->
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