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Guardian journalist condemns Twitter's failure to deal with 'blatantly racist' abuse he was sent

Jacob Steinberg was sent image comparing Jews to Nosferatu-like figure - but Twitter insisted it did not break its rules

March 18, 2019 15:50
Twitter declined to suspend the @EuropeanPosse account, insisting it had not breached its anti-abuse rules
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A prominent journalist has condemned Twitter's failure to suspend a neo-Nazi account after it sent him a “blatantly racist” image which portrayed Jews as vampires.

After reporting the tweet, Guardian sportswriter Jacob Steinberg was told that the image did not breach any of its own rules against abusive behaviour.

He was sent the image on Monday, as a reply to a post concerning the Christchurch mosque shooting in New Zealand.