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

Posted by samzenpus on from the play-nice dept.

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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  1. Ignoring the censorship stuff... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    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;

    Holy shit, man! What the fuck is this? Welcome to Iran, now available in places other than Iran.

  2. Re:In fairness by whizbang77045 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please leave Ada Lovelace's figure out of this.