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January 8, 2017 02:35 pm PST
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/64EBtOrurN0/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-sus.html
Pharma bro Martin Shkreli suspended from Twitter after harassing reporter
Lauren Duca, a writer for Teen Vogue, recently penned a popular opinion piece about president-elect Donald Trump's constant lying. Martin Shkreli is a disgraced pharmaceutical executive who famously hiked the price of a lifesaving drug before being charged with fraud. A Trump fan, he started tweeting about wanting to date her, despite her clearly finding it unwelcome and ultimately harassing, then took his remarks to direct messages. When she finally, publicly told him to get lost, he downloaded a photo of her, photoshopped his own head onto that of her partner, and made it his Twitter background. Then Twitter itself finally got sick of his shit and suspended him. (more…)
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