micdotcom:micdotcom:Twitter suspends Martin Shkreli for harassing journalist Lauren DucaMartin Shkre
micdotcom:micdotcom:Twitter suspends Martin Shkreli for harassing journalist Lauren DucaMartin Shkreli spent his weekend persistently harassing writer and Teen Vogue editor Lauren Duca on Twitter. On Thursday, Shkreli began his bombardment with an invitation, asking Duca to be his “+1 to the inaug.”After being rebuffed, Shkreli apparently added a note to his Twitter bio: “also i have a small crush on @laurenduca (hope she doesn’t find out).”He then updated his profile picture to one of Duca and her husband but with Shkreli’s face edited onto her husband’s body.He also replaced his cover photo with a collage of her face, which was allegedly “fan-made.”The pharma bro told the Verge that he wasn’t harassing Duca — because she hadn’t directly told him to stop, he couldn’t knowingly be acting “against Duca’s will.”Twitter suspended him at approximately 1 PM Sunday. Read moreUpdate: Shkreli’s supporters are now attacking DucaChop off one of the many heads of the serpent Hydra and another will grow back. Silence a bully on Twitter and an army of trolls will flood your mentions with porn, memes, threats and abuse.After Shkreli was suspended from Twitter, his supporters seemed even more resolute in sexualizing, intimidating and harassing Duca on the social media site. They continued what Shkreli started, barraging her with threats, taunts, sexualized images of Duca and other forms of abuse. According to Duca, they pledged to release her “nudes” and created accounts impersonating her — a method of trolling that violates Twitter’s terms of service. Read more -- source link