Submission + - 55,000 Sign Twitter Abuse Petition After Jane Austen Campaigner Rape Threats (ibtimes.co.uk) 1
AlistairCharlton writes: A petition campaigning for Twitter to improve its measures against online abuse has received more than 55,000 signatures in two days.
The petition was set up in support of feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, who faced a torrent of abusive tweets, including threats to rape and kill her, after successfully campaigning for a woman's picture to appear on a banknote; Jane Austen will appear on £10 notes from 2017.
The petition was set up in support of feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, who faced a torrent of abusive tweets, including threats to rape and kill her, after successfully campaigning for a woman's picture to appear on a banknote; Jane Austen will appear on £10 notes from 2017.
Why Jane Austen? (Score:2)
I mean, okay, technically she founded the modern "art" of the Soap Opera, although she didn't quite advance the art to the "interesting plot twist" level. But should we really celebrate someone for poisoning 200 years of young girls' minds into thinking their prince would come despite their complete absence of any redeeming qualities whatsoever (except frail beauty - Guys love needing to help wom