Thursday, July 21, 2016

Twitter stirs debate as 'troll' banned over racist abuse

Date published: 
July 20, 2016

"Danielle Citron, a University of Maryland law professor and author of a book "Hate Crimes in Cyberspace," called the incident "a learning moment."

"I applaud Twitter for its approach in this area," Citron said. "If you chase people offline with racist and intimidating speech, that's too much. Twitter and other platforms are contributing to social norms on free expression.""



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This article by Center for Internet and Society originally appeared on cyberlaw.stanford.edu on July 20, 2016 at 10:00AM

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