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Los Angeles county DA’s office quits Twitter due to barrage of ‘vicious’ homophobic attacks
The Los Angeles county district attorney’s office said Thursday it has left Twitter due to barrage of “vicious” homophobic attacks that were not removed by the social media platform even after they were reported.
The account, which went by the handle @LADAOffice, no longer exists on Twitter.
“Our decision to archive our Twitter account was not an easy one,” the office said in a statement. “It came after a series of distressing comments over time, culminating in a shocking response to photographs we posted celebrating LADA’s first known entry into a Pride parade.”
It said its Pride parade post was met with “a barrage of vicious and offensive comments that left us deeply troubled.”
The comments ranged from “homophobic and transphobic slurs to sexually explicit and graphic images,” the office said, adding that they remained visible in replies to the account more than 24 hours after they were reported to Twitter.
- thank god elon let this bird out of the cage... lolneverscared
- "Given that Twitter serves as the de facto public town square, failing to adhere to free speech principles fundamentally undermines democracy." - Elon Muskutopian