Online abuse: Five things we learnt about trolling

Around 10,000 abusive tweets were sent over three weeks, with half of them from women, says report

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A study released by think-tank Demos has revealed the "staggering scale" of abusive messages communicated through social media.

Over three weeks, 6,500 UK Twitter accounts were targeted by 10,000 explicitly aggressive and misogynistic tweets, said the report.

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