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WikiLeaks vows to challenge Twitter with ‘rival service’ after Breitbart troll is banned

on Jul 22, 2016 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Whistleblowing platform Wikileaks could be poised to branch out into micro-blogging after engaging with a war of words with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey over the social media platforms decision to ban Breitbart editor and prolific troll Milo Yiannopoulos.

Describing the decision to ban the right-wing conservative for inciting abuse against Ghostbusters star Leslie Jones as ‘cyber feudalism’ WikiLeaks observed that Twitter is more aggressive at curtailing abuse when the victim happens to be a celebrity and that the precise reason for Yiannopoulos’s black listing isn’t transparent.

In response Dorsey himself replied via a tweet: “Dorsey soon replied to WikiLeaks, echoing this Read full story ›

Source: The Drum