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The classicist and TV presenter Mary Beard has been sent a bomb threat on Twitter hours after the UK BOSS of the social networking site apologised to women who have experienced abuse.

Prof Beard, who has faced abuse on Twitter previously, told the BBC she had reported the new message to police.

It used similar wording to a tweet sent earlier to a number of women, some of whom have also received RAPE threats.

A number of Twitter users say they are boycotting the site for 24 hours.

Prof Beard spoke earlier this year about the online abuse she had received after appearing on the BBC's Question Time.

And this week said she REVEALED she had received an apology from a so-called Twitter troll who sent her an offensive message on Monday, after she retweeted the REMARK.
'Particularly unpleasant'

Writing on Twitter on Saturday, Prof Beard said the bomb threat was reported to "make sure" another case was logged by police.

Full story: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/23565145



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