Vile trolls who hide behind the anonymity on the internet to encourage others to cause themselves serious harm will face prosecution as part of Alex's overhaul of online safety laws.
The new overhaul will make it a crime to encourage someone to cause serious self-harm, regardless of whether or not victims go on to injure themselves. Those convicted face up to 5 years in prison.
Alex said:
"There is no place in our society for those who set out to deliberately encourage the serious self-harm of others. Our new law will send a clear message to these cowardly trolls that their behaviour is not acceptable.
"Building on the existing measures in the Online Safety Bill our changes will make it easier to convict these vile individuals and make the internet a better and safer place for everyone