Harris said she was repulsed by some of the comments online, saying she was subjected to "sexual abuse on social media"."What a great photo … and what an unbelievable athlete she is.In response, Seven reposted the image last night and apologised for the way it handled the matter, saying the decision to delete "sent the wrong message".Harris said she would not be making a complaint to police about the social media comments."We're working to moderate and do the best that we can — one of our photos had 5,500 comments on it."I suppose the great thing about football is that it brings so many people together when issues like this arise," she said."It's a challenging space. 20 Mar, 2019 5:22am . AFLW star Tayla Harris says threats she received over a photo of her kicking a goal last year made her feel physically sick. I felt like I needed to stand up for a whole bigger issue.Harris has written a book about her experience called More Than A Kick."Does that affect the uptake of footy at a young age? Lisa [Harris's mother] saw a lot more of it than I did," he said.Harris said she credits a lot of her success to her mother and father."I knew how bad it was.
Does a girl not want to play AFLW because they don't want to deal with that?"That was put up so people could say at that point in time someone took a stand against these people online bullying other people and potentially pushing those people to suicide.""As we got off the plane in Brisbane that's when all the messages started to come through," Lisa Harris said."I'm sure they would say any parent would do it but any parent wouldn't do it. But she "took a stand" not for herself, but "for a whole bigger issue". The photo was taken on Sunday when Harris scored a goal in the AFLW's Pride Game between Carlton and the Western Bulldogs. We have a long way to go in Australia.
But she "took a stand" not for herself, but "for a whole bigger issue". The image showcased all that is …
AFL Women's @aflwomens Tayla Harris … It's an open platform so that can happen," McLachlan said.AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan said "a broader accountability by the general public" was a big part of the solution."Many of the comments made on the post were reprehensible and we'll work harder to ban trolls from our pages," it said."In saying that, what a fantastic response from the community to get behind Tayla and just show how much support there is behind her and women's sport.While many people have praised Seven for reposting the image, the network has still faced criticism online for the way it handled the troll backlash."I kind of saw that and felt a bit warm inside, it felt great.
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AFLW star Tayla Harris trolled over kick photo with social media backlash after it was taken down . In terms of funding, everything will take a hit."Warren Harris said his daughter was not worried about fame or fortune."Lisa will tell you it hurt her a lot because she takes those things deeper than I do.""That's why I took a stand against it.Harris's parents were at the game at Whitten Oval in Melbourne's inner west the day the photo was taken."The one thing I want to look back at the end of my career isn't if I kicked the most goals, or took a good mark, it's that I was able to make a positive impact on people," she said."We'll adapt," she said.The photo showing Harris kicking the opening goal against the Western Bulldogs in a game last year was swamped by abusive and sexist comments after it was posted on the Seven Network's social media accounts."She'd give all that away to think she helped someone else," he said."I'm not a big social media type of person, so I didn't find out how bad it got until later on.
Almost 800 people replied to the tweet and most of them said deleting the photo instead of moderating comments on the Facebook page was letting the offensive commenters win.We're sorry. I felt like I needed to stand up for a whole bigger issue.Harris has written a book about her experience called More Than A Kick."Does that affect the uptake of footy at a young age? The now-famous photo of AFLW player Tayla Harris, which was swamped by misogynistic online trolls when it was first posted on social media, belongs to a …