Sunday, July 28, 2013 1:39:23 AM
Twitter Rape Abuse Of Caroline Criado-Perez Leads To Boycott Threat
"Gawd, these men are sick."
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Posted: 27/07/2013 17:28 BST | Updated: 27/07/2013 20:55 BST
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UPDATE: Twitter has responded to the campaign in an email to Caroline Criado-Perez and Labour MP Stella Creasy.
In an email seen by HuffPost UK, Twitter's Steve Summers asked to have all the police reference numbers and specific tweets sent to him so the company could take action. He said that he would make sure both of the women were "connected to the right people for conversations to continue on Monday".
Creasy had asked for a meeting with Twitter, along with fellow MP Steve Rotherham "on how we ensure that Twitter is able to comply with the Protection From Harassment Act in Britain."
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The feminist campaigner who ran the successful bid to get a woman on British banknotes .. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/23/jane-austen-bank-notes_n_3639582.html?utm_hp_ref=uk .. has revealed she has got "up to 50 rape threats an hour" on Twitter.
And prominent journalists, showbiz stars and politicians are rallying to support Caroline Criado-Perez .. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/caroline-criadoperez/ , who runs the Women's Room, threatening to quit the site if nothing is done to stop the abuse.
Criado-Perez said she had been getting the threats for almost 48 hours since the announcement by the Bank of England that it would put Jane Austen on the £10 from 2017.
Caroline Criado-Perez has been subjected to vile abuse on Twitter
She told HuffPost UK: "For me, the really shocking thing is how this has happened over such a tiny, tiny thing. We asked for there to be a woman on a bank note, how does asking that even annoy someone? Annoy someone so much they send a barrage of rape threats? It's kinda gobsmacking."
But Criado-Perez said she was heartened by the response, which she hoped could make a real difference to how hate tweets are reported to the social network.
"I would not say I'm glad it's happened, but if it does have to happen then I'm glad it happened over such a minor, tiny thing.
"That shows it's not about what women are doing, not about feminism. It's that some men don't like women, and don't like women in the public domain."
read more .. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/27/twitter-rape-abuse_n_3663904.html
.. i just can't imagine where the stupid, idiotic misogyny of these assholes comes from ..
"Gawd, these men are sick."
Jessica Elgot Become a fan
jessica.elgot@huffingtonpost.com
Posted: 27/07/2013 17:28 BST | Updated: 27/07/2013 20:55 BST
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UPDATE: Twitter has responded to the campaign in an email to Caroline Criado-Perez and Labour MP Stella Creasy.
In an email seen by HuffPost UK, Twitter's Steve Summers asked to have all the police reference numbers and specific tweets sent to him so the company could take action. He said that he would make sure both of the women were "connected to the right people for conversations to continue on Monday".
Creasy had asked for a meeting with Twitter, along with fellow MP Steve Rotherham "on how we ensure that Twitter is able to comply with the Protection From Harassment Act in Britain."
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The feminist campaigner who ran the successful bid to get a woman on British banknotes .. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/23/jane-austen-bank-notes_n_3639582.html?utm_hp_ref=uk .. has revealed she has got "up to 50 rape threats an hour" on Twitter.
And prominent journalists, showbiz stars and politicians are rallying to support Caroline Criado-Perez .. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/caroline-criadoperez/ , who runs the Women's Room, threatening to quit the site if nothing is done to stop the abuse.
Criado-Perez said she had been getting the threats for almost 48 hours since the announcement by the Bank of England that it would put Jane Austen on the £10 from 2017.
Caroline Criado-Perez has been subjected to vile abuse on Twitter
She told HuffPost UK: "For me, the really shocking thing is how this has happened over such a tiny, tiny thing. We asked for there to be a woman on a bank note, how does asking that even annoy someone? Annoy someone so much they send a barrage of rape threats? It's kinda gobsmacking."
But Criado-Perez said she was heartened by the response, which she hoped could make a real difference to how hate tweets are reported to the social network.
"I would not say I'm glad it's happened, but if it does have to happen then I'm glad it happened over such a minor, tiny thing.
"That shows it's not about what women are doing, not about feminism. It's that some men don't like women, and don't like women in the public domain."
read more .. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/27/twitter-rape-abuse_n_3663904.html
.. i just can't imagine where the stupid, idiotic misogyny of these assholes comes from ..
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”
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