British currency to push female writer Avatar controversy Twitter accidentally lying gun

Source: Internet
Author: User
Keywords Twitter authoress British currency
The Bank of England is about to launch a 10-pound note (TechWeb), with a portrait of Jane Austen, "TechWeb reported" July 29, according to foreign media reports, Reuters said the Bank of England announced recently, in 2017 issued a new version of the 10-pound note, will use the famous novelist Jane · The portrait of Austin (Jane Austen). The news has sparked controversy after a woman journalist who pushed the Bank of England to make the decision received several "rape" threats on Twitter, while Twitter was accidentally lying in the middle of a gun--as more than 30,000 British people petitioned for Twitter to limit "abusive" Dissemination and publication of information. It is reported that a female journalist who pushed the Bank of England to issue the Sterling note of Jane Austen was named Caroline Callado Pirize (Criado-perez), a feminist activist. In 1 hours, she said, she was sent 50 "rape" threats on Twitter. Pirize expressed support for more than 30,000 British popular petitions. The petitioners say that if Twitter refuses to take their advice, they will push society to boycott Twitter, and their request is that under each Twitter message, a "Report abuse" button should be added. Twitter responded by saying that the iOS version of Twitter had already set up a "Report abuse" button that would later launch the same functionality for the Android and Web editions. Jane Austen was a famous British woman writer at the end of 18th century, with Pride and Prejudice (Pride and Prejudice), Intellect and Sensibility (Sense and Sensibility), Emma, and most of her works were made into film and television dramas, Quite popular with the outside world. (Xiao Feng)
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