New Delhi, May 25 -- Social media has increasingly become a space where negativity often spreads faster than positivity. It's also strange to see how people who have no direct involvement in an incident can end up becoming targets of online abuse. This trend has been especially visible during the ongoing IPL season.

Recently, Jessica, the wife of Australian batter and Sunrisers Hyderabad opener Travis Head, became the target of online abuse following a viral on-field exchange between Head and Royal Challengers Bengaluru star cricketer Virat Kohli.

Several fans of Virat Kohli flooded the comment sections of Travis Head's pictures with Jessica, making demeaning and inappropriate remarks about her.

Because of offensive language, the comme...