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| Police Scotland apologise for Toby Young Newsnight tweet | Police Scotland apologise for Toby Young Newsnight tweet |
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| The Scottish police force has apologised for a tweet sent during a Newsnight debate about abusive messages on Twitter. | The Scottish police force has apologised for a tweet sent during a Newsnight debate about abusive messages on Twitter. |
| The tweet mocked columnist Toby Young's contribution to the programme. It was later deleted. | The tweet mocked columnist Toby Young's contribution to the programme. It was later deleted. |
| Police Scotland said the matter was being investigated and Twitter access was being reviewed. | Police Scotland said the matter was being investigated and Twitter access was being reviewed. |
| Mr Young said he had blocked the force's account, was not offended and would not complain. | Mr Young said he had blocked the force's account, was not offended and would not complain. |
| The journalist was appearing in a discussion with Labour MP Stella Creasy. | |
| Ms Creasy, who has received threats of rape on Twitter, wants social networks to do more to protect users and to identify perpetrators. | |
| This debate over internet abuse - known as "trolling" - began when Caroline Criado-Perez was bombarded with abuse via Twitter after successfully campaigning to have author Jane Austen depicted on the new £10 note. | |
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| The MP appeared on Newsnight with Mr Young on Tuesday night. | |
| Ms Creasy told the programme: "We need to make sure that police at a local level and at a national level understand the risks and dangers that can come from online behaviour." | |
| Mr Young, who writes for the Daily Telegraph, argues that blocking and ignoring abusive posters on the internet is sufficient "in 99 cases out of 100". | |
| After receiving the message from the Police Scotland account, Mr Young [@toadmeister] tweeted: "Just had to block @policescotland, the official police Scotland twitter feed, for abusing me on twitter. This is getting weird" | |
| On Wednesday morning, Police Scotland tweeted: "We apologise for the tweet sent to @toadmeister & for any upset caused. The matter is being investigated & we're reviewing Twitter access." |