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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 &Quot;Hate Speech&Quot;

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.