The advent of social media has meant that almost anyone can vent their anger whenever they like on the web about anyone or anything.

In a Daily Politics film, Giles Dilnot talked to journalists David Aaronovitch and Kelvin MacKenzie about the bile that spills out over Twitter and Facebook, and the hurt it can cause others.

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