Earlier this year, Katie Price started a petition to make online bullying a criminal offence after her disabled son Harvey was repeatedly targeted by cruel online trolls.
Sadly, trolls are still mocking Harvey online and the latest incident is quite shocking.
Katie was left shocked after a video of a man wearing a mask of Harvey’s face while snorting white powder emerged on social media.
The disturbing footage shows a young man picking up the Harvey mask before ingesting the powder, believed to be cocaine, while his friends cheer in the background.
After he snorts the substance, there are shouts of: “Go on, Harvey.”
An angry Katie slammed the footage and posted on Twitter: “Why the f**k are people doing this to my son?”
Sick troll snorts 'cocaine' while wearing a vile facemask of Katie Price's son Harvey https://t.co/wNfSKCvGMS
— Katie Price (@KatiePrice) August 11, 2017
One horrified follower reacted, writing: “Some people are just awful human beings! I worry about this world that I've brought my beautiful boy in to!”
While another wrote: “That's disgusting Katie. I signed your petition from a while ago and I think you're doing a brilliant job of challenging his bullies”.
“It's absolutely vile that any human being would do such a thing, people are sick! They are the saddest excuses for a human being”, another upset fan replied.
However, others berated her for “using” her children “for publicity”.
Earlier this year, a fed-up Katie launched a petition to make online trolling criminal offence.
Harvey, 15, has Prader-Wili syndrome, is blind, has mobility issues and is on the autistic spectrum has been frequently targeted by online bullies.
Why the f**k are people doing this to my son
— Katie Price (@KatiePrice) August 11, 2017
Sick trolls have even created vile memes and added cruel captions to photos of Harvey, mocking the disabled teen.
Katie shared examples of these on her Instagram page, to highlight the abuse her son suffers.
She explained she’d decided to take action into her own hands, as reporting and exposing trolls in the past hadn’t achieved anything.
The outspoken businesswoman wrote: “Trolling is a major problem in this day and age. People of all ages and background suffer every day, including my family – especially my son Harvey.”
“I have tried my best to expose people and even had two arrested but nothing was done and there were no repercussions or penalties for this behaviour.”
The model’s petition received over 200,000 signatures and received an official government response.
The response acknowledged the extent of cyber bullying but said:“We believe that our current legal approach is the right one".
While they promised to “monitor the situation”, they added that “Existing criminal law in this area is generally appropriate for the prosecution of offences committed using social media”.
We feel for Katie - she must be very upset right now.
