55,000 Sign Twitter Abuse Petition After Jane Austen Campaigner Threats

AlistairCharlton writes "A petition campaigning for Twitter to improve its measures against online abuse has received more than 55,000 signatures in two days. The petition was set up in support of feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, who faced a torrent of abusive tweets, including threats to rape and kill her, after successfully campaigning for a woman's picture to appear on a banknote; Jane Austen will appear on £10 notes from 2017."

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Re:Zimmerman?

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The problem is, we are really only hearing about this because its a female, which adds some meta to the mix. Men get death threats ALL THE TIME, no one suggests we hunt down the perps for them.