I've just been reading these two reports on the BBC website and was struck by the dichotomy between them.

Duchess of Sussex: 'We've forgotten our humanity' on social media

The Duchess of Sussex has criticised the "seemingly endless toxicity" of social media, revealing she was targeted with "bullying and abuse" while pregnant with Archie and Lilibet. Meghan was the keynote speaker on a high-profile panel marking International Women's Day at the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. She said she now keeps her distance from such comments for her wellbeing. Meghan said people have "forgotten our humanity" in certain parts of the media and digital sphere. "The bulk of the bullying and abuse that I was experiencing on social media and online was when I was pregnant with Archie and with Lili", she explained. "You just think about that and really wrap your head around why people would be so hateful - it is not catty, it is cruel." ...

Afghanistan’s singing sisters defying the Taliban from under a burka

As the world was watching the Taliban's return to power in August 2021, two sisters in Kabul were among millions of women in Afghanistan who could directly feel the new regime tightening its grip on them. They decided they couldn't just stand back and watch women's freedoms being restricted, and started secretly using the power of their voices to resist. Putting themselves in great danger in a country where musicians can be arrested, they started a singing movement on social media known as the Last Torch. "We're going to sing this but it could cost us our lives," one of them said in a recorded video, before they started the tune. It was released in August 2021, just days after the Taliban takeover, and quickly went viral on Facebook and WhatsApp. Without any background in music, the sisters - who wear burkas to conceal their identity - became a musical phenomenon. … One of its first measures after taking power was to replace the Ministry of Women's Affairs with the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice. The new ministry has not only enforced wearing of the burka, but also condemned music for supposedly destroying the roots of Islam. "Singing and listening to music is very harmful," said Sawabgul, an official who appeared in one of the ministry's propaganda videos. "It distracts people from God's prayers... Everyone should stay away from it." Soon there were videos of Taliban foot soldiers on social media, burning musical instruments and parading arrested musicians. … Shaqayeq says she has had many sleepless nights thinking the Taliban might identify them. "We have seen their threats on social media: 'Once we find you, we know how to remove your tongue from your throat,'" says Mashal. ...
I don't suppose threatening to remove a woman's tongue in a misogynistic dictatorship could be described as catty or even as bullying, so presumably the hostility Meghan experienced on social media was comparatively minor. As much as I think Megan does make a valid point, even if it's in a pampered society where if cyberbullying is an adult's main problem it's not such a big deal, I wonder if she'll ever move from self-reverential speechifying to actually putting other people's experiences before her own, to realising that there are people out there far worse off than her.