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Female journalists face bomb and rape threats online
One writer, Grace Dent, had covered the hubbub surrounding a One Direction profile in GQ.

Police are investigating after anonymous Twitter users used throwaway accounts to send rape and bomb threats to several female journalists.
The Guardian‘s Hadley Freeman, Independent writer Grace Dent, and TIME‘s Catherine Mayer (among others) were told bombs were placed outside their home Wednesday, according to the Register.
Freeman had written about online abuse related to rape threats weighed against a campaigner. Dent had covered the hubbub surrounding a One Direction profile in GQ.
We’ve gone from rape to bomb threats, I see MT @98JU98U989 @HadleyFreeman A BOMB HAS BEEN PLACED OUTSIDE YOUR HOME. IT WILL GO OFF AT 10:47
— Hadley Freeman (@HadleyFreeman) July 31, 2013
Posting this for @Twitter @metpoliceuk. Not very credible-sounding bomb threat addressed to me pic.twitter.com/I7SdCp56oL
— Catherine Mayer (@catherine_mayer) July 31, 2013
Freeman also reported the bomb claim to police. “We can confirm the MPS has received allegations relating to bomb threats sent to a number of females on Twitter,” Scotland Yard told the Register. “Enquiries continue. No arrests.” The women were advised not to stay at home overnight.
The issue of abuse on Twitter has become more prominent over the last few days as campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez also received rape and death threats. At least two people have been arrested in connection with the incident, while there have been widespread calls for Twitter to better handle abuse. But a “report abuse” button may cause more problems than it solves.
Screenshot of Grace Dent via TheGuardian/YouTube

Kris Holt
Based in Montreal, Kris Holt has been writing about technology and web culture since 2010. He writes for Engadget and Tech News World, and his byline has also appeared in Paste, Salon, International Business Times, Mashable, and elsewhere.