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(not satire – it’s Twitter!)
This is what Mark S Luckie – Twitter’s manager of news and journalism and author of a book which advises journalists about how to make the best use of digital media networks – says about social media:
Social media starts with a conversation. If you can talk with others, listen to what they have to say and create an engaging exchange, you will thrive on the social web.
Well, that’s a bit strange.
Because when Caroline Criado-Perez turned for help to Luckie after she found herself subjected to a sustained series of rape threats and extreme abuse on Twitter after she successfully campaigned for Jane Austen to become the new face of the £10 note – Mr Luckie didn’t seem very interested in creating an “engaging exchange” with her.
In fact he figuratively turned his back on her – by locking down his account and blocking her.
Looks to me like Mr Luckie needs to practice more what he preaches. Or at the very least issue an apology.
But I won’t be holding my breath.
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This is what you get when you dare to question a tabloid journalist in the UK
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Luckie also blocked her:
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I think you’re wrong on this one Tom.
How on earth could Luckie be expected to do his job if he also had to take up the cause of everyone on Twitter who felt they’d been abused? Being based in New York, it’s highly likely that he woke up to scores of increasingly irate messages from Criado-Perez’s supporters, with no idea of the context of the anger. Should he be expected to spend hours wading through all the messages to identify whether she had a genuine grievance or not?
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Yeah, I think he could have made the effort to investigate the sexual abuse Caroline Criado-Perez was subjected to. No need to wade through lots of tweets. Just tweet CC-P to ascertain the problem.
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my dear Thomas did you catch the Times today? headline reads as follows ”Clampdown on right to challenge new laws”
ministers are planning a new assault on what they condemn as the ”growth industry” of time wasting judicial reviews in the courts.
They say that pressure groups, campaigners and lobbyists are abusing the procedure for public relations purposes, clogging up the courts and delaying the implementation of policy..
oh dear theres that democracy getting in the way of goverment doing what it does best which is funnelling large tons of money into their donors bank accounts…whatever next? jobless actually being treated with respect for a change or NHS campaigners being listened to or VIP child abusers actually being punished, no we cant have that now can we?…
i hope sir Thomas you will find time to look into this matter, yours in thanks bob..
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@ceuteag but twitter did state they would clamp down on child sex abusers using twitter and it took bloody ages for them to actually get around to doing something about it,, its still not right and csa criminals are still using twitter…
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btw there is a petition about abuse on twitter
“During a 12 hour period, Caroline Criado-Perez was targeted repeatedly with rape threats. Caroline attempted to stir a response from Mark S. Luckie, Manager of Journalism and News on Twitter. His response was to lock down his account.
But abuse on Twitter is common; sadly too common. And it frequently goes ignored. We need Twitter to recognise that it’s current reporting system is below required standards. It currently requires users to search for details on how to report someone for abuse; a feature that should be available on each user’s page.
It is time Twitter took a zero tolerance policy on abuse, and learns to tell the difference between abuse and defence. Women standing up to abuse should not fear having their accounts cancelled because Twitter fail to see the issue at hand.
The report abuse button needs to be accompanied by Twitter reviewing the T&C on abusive behaviour to reflect an awareness of the complexity of violence against women, and the multiple oppressions women face
It’s time Twitter started protecting its users.”
a petition follows…
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If we allow twitter to be neutered and muzzled, it is sites like this, the alternative media that will be next in the firing line… http://corneliustownedge.wordpress.com/2013/07/29/taketwitterback-about-time-we-took-our-country-back/
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