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goldfarbAnna Breslaw
8/03/13 4:57pm
why are they apologizing?

they didn't make the treats, they didn't support the threats, they didn't provide a special service to enable the threats....if I get hit bay a car should the CEO of Ford hand write a note of apology to me?

Acknowledge that the ability to report abuse was limited (or broken or not there), say that you'll address this, actually do it.
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  She was a retail whoregoldfarb
  8/03/13 5:21pm
  It's not Twitter's fault that people use the platform to say terrible things, but Twitter has been around since 2006, and this is the first time that there's going to be a way to report abuse directly. It boggles the mind that such a widely-used platform has taken more than 7 years to make a way to flag or report abusive tweets. Now, people who have been subjected to abuse on Twitter must go through a ponderous process of first finding, then using, a form that is buried in menus that branch off of the "Help" page. If this was an issue that had been taken seriously sooner, it would have been reflected in a greater ease of reporting these types of violations.
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  goldfarbShe was a retail whore
  8/03/13 5:51pm
  they aren't apologizing for the difficulty of reporting abuse - they are apologizing for the abuse itself...
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BoopsieBooAnna Breslaw
8/03/13 4:09pm
I don't understand the threats directed at a woman who successfully lobbied to put a respected author on currency. Seems innocuous enough to me. What am I missing?
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  deethepeaBoopsieBoo
  8/03/13 4:15pm
  Charles Darwin was on the note before Austen. The British change the figure on their notes every few years for security reasons. However, not everybody seems to know this so some idiots seem to have gotten it into their heads that Darwin is being booted off to appease the angry feminists. I'm sure that a certain amount of them also come from the 'I'll kick off about anything me' demographic.
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  Some Kat PersonBoopsieBoo
  8/03/13 4:20pm
  You're missing that threats should not be directed at a woman (or a man) for ANY reason.
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House Milkshaker of DaftbollocksAnna Breslaw
8/03/13 6:09pm
We feel very strongly about open sexual abuse here in the UK. The pervasive ideal in all mainstream parties is that language online and language spoke in life should carry the same weight. Sure that works against the ideals of other lands but if you threatened rape in person to an MP or the woman in Tescos in the UK, you would get your arse nailed to the wall like some kind of picture hanging. It. Is. Not. Tolerated. We don't allow it. I would openly call the police if someone said that to me. And they would not tell me I was wasting my time. Verbal abuse is a no-no. Like drink driving - arse and wall. You have been warned.

And I realise there is spelling variation an' all but your would not be a pretentious anglophile in a boater hat and stripy tousers by saying Labour. That is the name of the party. It is a proper noun.
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  EatBigSeaHouse Milkshaker of Daftbollocks
  8/04/13 6:53pm
  Totally agree. And even the freaking New York Times now spells the Labour party correctly. (I'm still working on them about the National Theatre).
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KristenWithaKAnna Breslaw
8/03/13 4:06pm
Does anyone else find it problematic that a distinction is being made between what you say in the "real world" and what you say online?
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  JustSmileandNodKristenWithaK
  8/03/13 4:15pm
  It's too easy to hide behind an anonymous pseudonym online that I'm not surprised by the "real life"/online dichotomy. Online, behind faceless and nameless personas, people can post all the disgusting, hateful, vitriolic comments that they would only dream about saying in "real life" lest they let the wrong people know how awful they truly are.
  
  There are few consequences for the digital hate people post anonymously, whereas there could be real problems if those same comments were made openly.
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  YetAnotherRachelKristenWithaK
  8/03/13 4:32pm
  I'm only surprised when people use their real names to spout hate and other garbage. I think they forget that the internet isn't anonymous when their name and picture is attached to the words.
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JoanbeamAnna Breslaw
8/03/13 4:27pm
Not to get all Oppression Olympics here but I'm particularly glad for Caroline Criado-Perez. The other woman (including Stella Creasy) got viciously targeted once they leant support to Ms. Criado-Perez, who had already been receiving an average of 50 abusive threats per hour for 3 or 4 days running.

I'd also like to salute Twitter U.K. boss Tony Wang for taking these rape-threatening trolls far more seriously than the certain someone, high-placed at Twitter U.K., who not only failed to respond when things were most urgent (last weekend) but also ended up temporaily locking his account. What a difference seven (or so) days make and hallelujah for that.
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TPL2008Anna Breslaw
8/03/13 4:23pm
While this is a good move from Twitter, didn't Caitlin Moran threaten to make a someone "piss through a straw" on Twitter a couple of months ago after he wrote something about her husband?
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  ThepaintedveilTPL2008
  8/03/13 6:51pm
  Really? Do tell.
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  VirilityUntoTheeTPL2008
  8/03/13 7:19pm
  Has she made good on that promise? I'd rather like to see that.
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LizPriceAnna Breslaw
8/03/13 4:20pm
12,000? Try 125,000. Here's the petition: http://www.change.org/en-GB/petition...
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  JoanbeamLizPrice
  8/03/13 4:54pm
  Thanks for giving my quizzical mind some welcome relief w/r/t (what I'd already assumed was) an obvious typo. I believe I signed the petition last Sunday evening, and the number of signatures was *already* over 50,000. Accordingly, it's no surprise that the real total has surpassed 125,000. It's lovely news, though, so thanks!
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June De PlumeAnna Breslaw
8/03/13 6:03pm
This story was covered earlier in the week on the comedy/news programme The Last Leg (with Australian comic Adam Hills). I really wasn’t expecting it, so when the subject came up I began to feel a little uneasy, worried that it may not be dealt with appropriately and even that it would become subject to ridicule, but I’m honestly really pleased with the way it was handled.

For a fairly light hearted channel 4 comedy show you’re by no means going to expect a nuanced deconstruction of the issue at hand, but the fact that the host turns directly to the camera and puts aside a minute or so to explain in very clear language that this type of behaviour is under no circumstances acceptable was incredibly heartening and I’m very pleased that it was addressed in such a tasteful manner. My first reaction was to run and tell Jezebel, so I'm very pleased that the issue is being discussed on the main page, as I'd have no other means of communicating this comment to the greater Jezzie population otherwise!

For UK viewers the full episode is available on 4od, and I imagine it’ll be floating around on YouTube soon enough.
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LauraNorderAnna Breslaw
8/03/13 3:58pm

Criado-Perez successfully petitioned to get Jane Austen on the one-pound note

Should read "ten-pound note". There isn't a one-pound note.
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liz.lemonadeAnna Breslaw
8/03/13 5:29pm
Is this what they meant by the report button on the iPhone app? It's there, but you have to know where to find it.

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