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29.03.19
Twitter and the Malicious Communications Act 1988
Two people have been arrested by South Yorkshire Police on suspicion of sending ‘malicious communications’ following a series of tweets to five MPs. The tweets were directed at Independent Group MPs Anna Soubry, Chuka Umunna, Angela Smith and Sarah Wollaston, and Labour MP David Lammy. It is alleged that one of the individuals posted an…
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Court orders Katie Hopkins to pay £24,000 in damages in Twitter libel case
The food blogger, journalist and left-wing political activist Jack Monroe has been awarded £24,000 in damages by the High Court following two tweets sent by the MailOnline (and former Sun) columnist Katie Hopkins in May 2015. Factual background On 9 May 2015, two days after the General Election, the words “Fuck Tory Scum” were spray painted on…
Read more22.04.15
Twitter introduces algorithim to automatically filter abusive tweets
Twitter has introduced a tool which automatically scans and blocks abusive tweets. The algorithm looks out for a number of ‘red flags’, including whether a complaint has previously been made against the sender, whether the content is similar to content previously deemed abusive and the age of the account. The tweets are blocked before they are received by the intended recipient, although…
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