Internet Trolls Cause Zelda Williams to Quit Instagram and Twitter

Robin Williams' daughter deleted the apps after trolls tweeted offensive, Photoshopped images of her late father.

Zelda Williams

After Robin Williams was discovered dead at his California home on Monday, his daughter Zelda posted a touching tribute to her father on Instagram:


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Hours later, Zelda announced that she would leave her Instagram account, explaining that she needed time to heal and to decide if she would delete the account entirely:

Mining our accounts for photos of dad, or judging me on the number of them is cruel and unnecessary. There are a couple throughout, but the real private moments I shared with him were precious, quiet, and believe it or not, not full of photos or ‘selfies’.

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