What can you do to protect yourself from such abuse on social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter

Answer 1

What do you mean by "such abuse"? It can be avoided by not using either. Report the abuse to people running those platforms.

How to report an offensive group on Facebook? Like reporting a post, reporting an offensive group on Facebook is also possible and simple to do. For this follow the steps below: 1. Choose the group you want to report and tap on More button. 2. Here select Give Feedback or Report Group option. 3. Select from the list of options and click on Send.

Reporting a Tweet

Tap the down-facing arrow.
Tap Report tweet and select the reason why.

To report someone’s account on Twitter, take the following steps:

Click the three stacked icons on the person’s profile.
Tap and click Report and select Their tweets are abusive or hateful.
Choose among the options and click Send.

I hope this helps.

Answer 2

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