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Lammy says Twitter must get ‘much faster at removing hate’ after racist abuse
August 3, 2020 By Faith Matters

Lammy says Twitter must get ‘much faster at removing hate’ after racist abuse

Labour MP David Lammy has told Twitter it must get “much faster at removing hate” after a delay to deleting racist abuse targeted at him. The shadow justice secretary said on Monday that it took more than 13 hours for the social media giant to act before it suspended the perpetrator’s account. Home Secretary Priti […]

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Woman accused of stalking screamed racist abuse at DJ’s wife, court told
June 1, 2020 By Faith Matters

Woman accused of stalking screamed racist abuse at DJ’s wife, court told

The wife of a BBC DJ has told a court she had racist abuse repeatedly “screamed” at her by her husband’s accused stalker at their home. Sarah Jayne Rook, 43, is accused of subjecting DJ Gilles Peterson and his family to a campaign of harassment in February and March of this year. Mr Peterson, 55, […]

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