 Riley has herself courted controversy and accusations of online trolling by pro-Corbyn activists for content she has posted on Twitter.At the meeting with Twitter representatives on 29 January 2020, Ahmed and Riley stated that their demand was to exclude "hate actors from public discourse".Hopkins, who first came to public prominence in the United Kingdom as a contestant on "The Apprentice" and had gone on to have a career as a controversial media commentator, supports right-wing populism in general, including advocacy on her Twitter account for Brexit and American president Donald Trump.