'WE CAN'T TAKE IT' Madeleine McCann’s parents Kate and Gerry delete their Find Maddie Facebook account after barrage of abuse from trolls

A message posted to the account said that the page would be back in a few days

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By Brittany Vonow and Tracey Kandohla
20th March 2017, 2:26 pm  Updated: 20th March 2017, 3:39 pm

THE official Find Madeleine Campaign Facebook page has been taken off line after being inundated with trolls.

In a distressing post shared to its followers, the administrator of the page wrote they needed to “take a break” from the online world, with trolls and false stories “taking a toll” in the search for Madeleine McCann.





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The official Find Madeleine Campaign is endorsed by Kate and heart doctor husband Gerry McCann.  All posts by the site’s un-named web chief, a mum who runs the site with a group of fellow supporters, are approved by the couple.

But the distressed webmaster appears to have posted a message on the page before pulling it down, writing: “Our page isn’t gone, just unpublished for a few days.

“Need to take a break and clear my head.”

The post then added: “The trolls and the media encouraging them with false stories are taking a toll on my mental health. Be back in a few days.”

It is not clear if there was a specific incident that sparked the Facebook page to be pulled.

It is not the first time that the Facebook page has had to be pulled down, with the Sun Online revealing that it was temporarily closed down after a surge of false “leads” flooded the website three months ago.

Maddie’s heartbroken parents were left “distressed” at sick gifts being offered for sale online, including T-shirts for the fictitious “McCann’s Gym,” featuring the slogan “Unfit for parents.”

At the time the Webmaster posted: “Some of you may have noticed our page not being available these past few days. Due to an increase of fabricated so called ‘leads’, I’ve been turning the page off to keep people from posting/spreading false information.

“It’s imperative the public keep looking for Madeleine, but we need to make sure false information is not being given over true leads.”

A McCann source said: “It’s upsetting and distressing for Kate and Gerry and they have advised the website organisers to be vigilant and act if anything inappropriate is posted.”....more at link.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3133605/madeleine-mccann-parents-kate-gerry-delete-find-maddie-faceboook-trolls/?CMP=Spklr-_-Editorial-_-TheSun-_-News-_-FBLink-_-Statement-_-FBPAGE

In a post, the administrator of the "Official Find Madeleine Campaign" page said they needed to "take a break" and "clear" their head.

They wrote: "The trolls and the media encouraging them with false stories are taking a toll on my mental health. Be back in a few days."

The page, endorsed by the McCanns and followed by hundreds of thousands of people, has since gone back online.

However, the administrator warned that it will keep being unpublished if trolls continue to post such messages.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/madeleine-mccanns-parents-shut-down-10063200

Hayley‏ @HayleyHalez 2h2 hours ago
The official #mccann fb page is shutting down cuz numbers all falling fast,it's not a find m page it's an arse licking dare to ask Q's page!
The McCann Files‏ @mccannvideos 2h2 hours ago
The Facebook operative claims to be cracking up under the strain. She should know that we are just in cruising mode at the moment. #mccann

Madeleine McCann Official Facebook Page Reopens After ‘Hateful’ Troll Attacks.

‘The witch hunt against them is disgraceful.’



Read full report here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/madeleine-mccann-official-facebook-page-reopens-after-hateful-troll-attacks_uk_58d1081ce4b00705db526333?

Quote from: ******  on Today at 11:16:23 AM
Let's have some evidence for the 150 per day to the McCann's at the same time.
As to the hate directed at Amaral, start with '**** *** *****', 'just another thought you know', et al, plus the twitterers.
The hate goes both ways, from some people.
By the way, if the McCann's have no Twitter accounts, how can these 150 per day, be going to them ???   It says ABOUT them, not going TO them

Response from ****** If you want evidence of 150 hateful tweets about the McCanns you need only take a look at any 24 hour period on twitter on the #McCann tag.  Out of boredom I took a look last night and that's when I saw tweets encouraging stalking and harming the McCanns whilst they were at dinner with their children.  I don't look every day or even every month but there was a time when I used to and I would say yesterday's tweets were nothing out of the ordinary either in their vitriol or nastiness, or in their quantity.  I'm perfectly willing to accept it cuts both ways and that Amaral gets online abuse but not in the volume and to the extent that the McCanns have - for instance I haven't seen people encouraged to interrupt his dinner and throw beer in his face - one example.