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Twitter bans editor after abuse of actor
LOS ANGELES: Twitter has banned an editor at the conservative Breitbart website following a wave of targeted racial slurs that drove“Ghostbusters” star Leslie Jones
LOS ANGELES: Twitter has banned an editor at the conservative Breitbart website following a wave of targeted racial slurs that drove“Ghostbusters” star Leslie Jones to abandon the social media platform in disgust.
Milo Yiannopoulos, the website’s tech editor known for provocative posts, was quoted by Breitbart late on Tuesday as calling his suspension “cowardly”.
“Twitter has confirmed itself as a safe space for Muslim terrorists and Black Lives Matter extremists, but a no-go zone for conservatives.”
The suspension came a day after Jones, who is African American, said she was leaving Twitter after being bombarded by Internet trolls likening her to an ape and making other racist insults. “I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart. All this cause I did a movie,” the Saturday Night Live comedian and actress said late on Monday.
“Twitter I understand you got free speech I get it. But there has to be some guidelines when you let spread like that,” she said in another tweet.
Yiannopoulos’ Twitter account, which had more than 388,000 followers, was blocked sometime later.
