Twitter has been working to reduce the amount of harassment and abuse that takes place in its community, but there are still some glaring cracks in its armor. The latest tactic from hateful trolls uses a platform you might think Twitter would have pretty strict control of: its sponsored tweets.
Earlier this month, Andrew Auernheimer, one of the internet's most malicious trolls, was able to use Twitter's sponsored tweet service to target "women and minorities" with white supremacist messages. Naturally there was some confusion and outrage over this promoted content:
@dickc @twitter @safety @support Why are you letting weev pay for racist ads on your site? http://pic.twitter.com/i4xstLJUYp
— Molon Partay® (@molon_labia) May 4, 2015
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Why did Twitter let horrible people advertise hateful messages?
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