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20 May 2015updated 21 May 2015 9:53am

Twitter allows promoted tweet urging transgender people to kill themselves

The tweet, which purported to be from a prominent feminist, was transphobic - and potentially libellous. Why was it allowed to be promoted on to timelines?

By Jonn Elledge

(Photo By Oh, Twitter. Image: Getty. )

Well, this is bad. This is very, very bad indeed.

This is so bad, in fact, that we’re going to slap a content warning on this thing. Coming up below is a screen shot of a Tweet that is violently transphobic, and could be seriously upsetting to those who suffer from mental health problems, too. 

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