Twitter bans Milo Yiannopoulos after Leslie Jones posts

Internet 'supervillain' permanently suspended over claims he and his followers trolled Ghostbusters star

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Twitter has permanently suspended the account of right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos amid claims he incited his followers to attack actress Leslie Jones with racist and misogynistic tweets.

The controversial Breitbart technology editor had more than 338,000 followers when his account was deleted yesterday.

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