20-05-2015 17:48 via feeds.theguardian.com

Troll uses Twitter adverts to urge transgender people to kill themselves

Promoted tweet from fake account purporting to be that of Australian feminist campaigner inserts transphobic content into Twitter users’ timelinesTwitter users have expressed outrage at a troll’s use of Twitter’s promoted tweets to insert abuse targeting transgender people into their feeds.
The troll account, pretending to be that of Australian activist and feminist campaigner Caitlin Roper, posted abuse and graphic images and promoted a tweet using Twitter’s paid-for native advertising
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