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British Politician Asks Twitter Inc To Censor "Hate Speech"

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Mark Melin
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Twitter is stepping up efforts to block harassment on the site by blocking individuals from certain access to the micro-blogging site, but it is not enough for a British Labour politician, the subject of an online “hate” campaign, says Twitter should block all "hate speech."

Lucina Berger, a young 33 year old Labour MP from Liverpool, has fetching blue eyes and a feature that some find unacceptable. She is also Jewish.

British Politician Asks Twitter Inc To Censor "Hate Speech"

British politician targeted on Twitter

Berger endured bomb threats and fought through over 2,500 hate messages delivered over three days under the Twitter hashtag ‘filthyjewbitch.’  A Guardian...

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.