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Twitter Announces Crackdown After Online Abuse Of 'ghostbusters' Actor

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Cast member Jones poses at the premiere of the film "Ghostbusters" in HollywoodTwitter Inc said Tuesday it had moved to permanently suspend a number of user accounts for abuse and harassment after Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones on Monday drew renewed attention to the issue and announced she would quit the social media site. Jones retweeted and shared several abusive tweets she received Monday before telling her 250,000 followers: "I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart. You can hate the movie but the shit I got today... wrong." Among those banned Tuesday was Breitbart tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos, who has been a controversial figure on the site and helped lead the abuse against Jones.




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