Twitter and Facebook told they must do more to protect female MPs

Parliamentary committee grills company representatives over violent and misogynistic abuse

Twitter and Facebook have been accused by a parliamentary committee of failing to do enough to protect female MPs and other public figures from violent or misogynistic abuse.

Representatives of the two social media giants appeared before the joint human rights committee on Wednesday, where one member - Joanna Cherry, an SNP MP - showed examples of the type of abuse that female MPs faced.