TTC Extra: Twitter Bans Troll
Clip: 7/21/2016 | 4m 27s
Online abuse gets a popular user barred from Twitter.
Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, was banned from Twitter for violating the site's abuse policy on on multiple occasions. Just this week, Yiannopoulos and other anonymous users hurled racists and hurtful comments at Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones prompting her to leave the site. She returned a few days after. Panel: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rina Shah, Lara Brown, Sabrina Schaeffer
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Funding for TO THE CONTRARY is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Park Foundation and the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation.
TTC Extra: Twitter Bans Troll
Clip: 7/21/2016 | 4m 27s
Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, was banned from Twitter for violating the site's abuse policy on on multiple occasions. Just this week, Yiannopoulos and other anonymous users hurled racists and hurtful comments at Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones prompting her to leave the site. She returned a few days after. Panel: Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rina Shah, Lara Brown, Sabrina Schaeffer
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Funding for TO THE CONTRARY is provided by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, the Park Foundation and the Charles A. Frueauff Foundation.