Trolls spread hate using Twitter's Promoted Tweets ad system

Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 14:40 in Mathematics & Economics

Hateful messages urging transgender people to "commit suicide now" appeared in the timelines of Twitter users Wednesday as part of the social network’s pay-for-promotion program.

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