Zelda Williams returns to social media after online harassment

Zelda Williams returns to social media after online harassment

Daughter of the late comedian returns to Twitter and other social media sites with a message about bullying.

Zelda Williams, 25, daughter of the late Robin Williams, has returned to the social media website Twitter. She quit the social media website over online harassment she suffered following the suicide death of her Oscar winning actor father.

The daughter of the late comedian announced she was going to quit using Twitter on Aug. 12, the day after her father’s body was discovered at his San Francisco Bay-area house. Despite an outpouring of support, Zelda was harassed by other users in the wake of her father’s tragic death.

Zelda, one of Williams three children, made the decision after at least two Twitter “trolls” sent graphic photos to the actresses’ account that were digitally manipulated to look like her dead father. She also complained of negative online comments from some other Web users. “Deleting this [Twitter application] from my devices for a good long time, maybe forever,” she wrote on Twitter on Aug. 12.

Robin Williams, who won an Oscar for his role in the 1997 drama “Good Will Hunting,” was one of the world’s most well known stand-up comedians. He is best known for the “Happy Days” spin-off “Mork and Mindy” which made him a household name. He most recently starred in the CBS show “The Crazy Ones.”

On her return to social media, Zelda Williams posted the words “thank you” on Twitter on Monday and linked it to a quote from actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein that appeared to take aim at online bullying.

“Never be bullied into silence,” the quote said. “Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”

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