BrokenFiction
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Whoa.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewar...ve-writer-milo?utm_term=.ya34dV5ZZ#.oyR9wZN00
https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewar...ve-writer-milo?utm_term=.ya34dV5ZZ#.oyR9wZN00
After years of provocation, Twitter has permanently banned Milo Yiannopoulos (@Nero) from its service.
Yiannopoulos, who currently serves as Breitbart.coms tech editor, has been hailed as a standout voice of the new alt-right movement. As such, he has made a living as a provocateur, continually inflaming tensions between progressive branches of the internet focused on identity politics and the fervently anti-PC segment that constantly trolls it. For years, Yiannopoulous has used Twitter not only to voice his controversial opinions but to direct his legion of followers (388,042 at the time of this writing) toward his opponents. As a result, hes been temporarily banned from Twitter a number of times for violating terms of service and stripped of his verification.
But this time according to Twitter hes gone too far. This week, Yiannopoulos led a harassment campaign against Ghostbusters actor Leslie Jones, which led to the SNL cast members decision to leave Twitter. The tweets, many of which targeted Jones for being black and a woman, were the final straw for Twitter, which is taking steps to try to solve its harassment problem.