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| Bomb threats on Twitter made against three female journalists | Bomb threats on Twitter made against three female journalists |
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| Police are investigating bomb threats made on social networking site Twitter against several female journalists. | Police are investigating bomb threats made on social networking site Twitter against several female journalists. |
| Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, Independent columnist Grace Dent and Time magazine's Catherine Mayer all said they had been threatened. | Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, Independent columnist Grace Dent and Time magazine's Catherine Mayer all said they had been threatened. |
| It follows rape threats made on Twitter against MP Stella Creasy and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez. | It follows rape threats made on Twitter against MP Stella Creasy and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez. |
| Meanwhile, a petition calling on Twitter to do more to prevent online abuse has topped 100,000 signatures. | Meanwhile, a petition calling on Twitter to do more to prevent online abuse has topped 100,000 signatures. |
| Anonymous account holders on the social networking site said they had placed bombs outside the journalists' homes, primed to explode at 22:47 BST. | |
| Doctoral student Kate Maltby also said she had received an identical threat to the three journalists. | |
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| Freeman, who had earlier published a column entitled "how to use the internet without being a total loser", reported the threats to the Metropolitan police. | |
| The anonymous author of the tweet had "failed to understand my column", she wrote. | |
| An investigation into the threat, which constitutes an arrestable offence, was then launched, a Met spokesman confirmed. | |
| The anonymous accounts have since been suspended, but screen grabs of the tweets have been circulated on the social media site. | |
| Mayer described the threat as "not very credible-sounding". | |
| But the police advised Freeman not to stay at home overnight, the Guardian reported. | |
| The incidents follow separate rape threats on Twitter against Labour MP Stella Creasy and Caroline Criado-Perez, who successfully campaigned to have author Jane Austen depicted on the new £10 note. | |
| Freeman said: "Threatening to bomb and rape people is illegal. We need to apply the law in the same way online as we do in the real world. | |
| "There should be a button to report abuse more easily. Twitter makes millions - they can afford some moderators." |