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July 21, 2016 09:15 pm GMT
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Leslie Jones makes triumphant return to Twitter after vanquishing racist trolls
After leaving the platform in the face of racist trolls, Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones has returned to Twitter.
On Monday, Jones left the platform after a scores of users bombarded the Saturday Night Live star with hateful, racist messages. Jones fought back, retweeting and sharing those messages with her followers, but ultimately logged off the platform anyway.
Twitter responded by permanently banning Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos. Yiannopoulos didn't send the most vile messages himself, but he did create fake tweets that made it appear as if Jones herself was tweeting hateful statements. Read more...
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