Pharma hate figure Martin Shkreli suspended from Twitter

One-time pharmaceutical exec and distasteful windup merchant Martin Shkreli has had his Twitter account suspended after a Twitter spokesman alleged he had harassed a female journalist on the site. Lauren Duca, a freelance journalist who writes for Teen Vogue and a host of left-wing American media outlets, including Vice, The …

[Voland's right hand]

He has a ticket for the inauguaration

Shkreli has a first row ticket for the inauguration? Why I am not surprised in the slightest...

[Hollerithevo]

Re: He has a ticket for the inauguaration

One would have hoped that even Trump would have felt this fell below minimum standards of attendee quality.

[Blank Reg]

Re: He has a ticket for the inauguaration

Trump doesn't care about quality, he just doesn't want empty seats.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: He has a ticket for the inauguaration

below minimum standards of attendee quality.

Quality is relative. He is actually a good match:

1. Tw*tter denisen - check.

2. Has at least one fraud lawsuit against him - check

3. Personality to match the incoming POTUS - check.

[Winkypop]

Re: He has a ticket for the inauguration

I found 4 inauguration tickets in my packet of Frosties this morning.

[AndrewInIreland]

Hmmmm....

I'm pretty sure the nasties in The Dark Crystal were called The Shkrelis

[BoldMan]

Re: Hmmmm....

Close, they were the Skesies

[Amazon Wageslave]

It rubs the lotion on its skin or else it gets the hose again

Sherlock icon because what did Shkreli think would happen?

[Anonymous Coward]

If Shkreli was on fire, the only reason I would piss on him would be if my kidneys excreted petrol.

"The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism."

[Anonymous Coward]

If mine pissed

petrol, i certainly wouldn't waste it on this low lying turd.

[Erroneous Howard]

Re: If mine pissed

Oh surely you could donate a little to a good cause?

[Lars]

@ Doc Ock

Let's call it "crony capitalism" and let's enjoy the Twatter as long as we can, only some time left and he will become the World's most Presidential President ever. Remember he told us so.

[Anonymous Coward]

Sure, the world keeps turning...

But you too have now drank from the cup. Just another click bait. BOOM!

However, the contents of the article boil down to Twatter taking sides, and it's good to remind people that "social media" has private interests.

[RJChurchill]

Re: Sure, the world keeps turning...

Twitter rightly took the side of somebody (a female) being bullied and harassed (by a so called man). The private interests are the investors who don't want their customers running because of unacceptable behaviour of other members.

[Christoph]

If they are banning people for “inciting targeted abuse of individuals” isn't it way past time they kicked Trump off?

[Anonymous Coward]

Isn't Twitter for attention seekers?

Ahem.

[J.Smith]

Not at all just for attention seekers. Check out my Twitter @JSmith #celeb # famous #lookatme

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Isn't Twitter for attention seekers?

If Twitter doesn't like it, they can turn off their servers and go home.

Please....?

[Anonymous Coward]

Bit tangential, but just imagine ..

.. the existential horror of following Milo Yiannopolopolous on Twitter. You would have to have negative self-respect. When you were in a room, you'd suck the self-respect from those around you, plunging it into the toilet-shaped black hole that is your soul.

You'd probably look like the salt monster from Star Trek.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Bit tangential, but just imagine ..

I was just gonna say, Martin's trying to be like Milo. But while Milo has arguably improved the level of discussion, what the hell has Martin done?

[Doctor Evil]

Coventry

Twitter needs a way to send someone to Coventry so that they see others' posts perfectly well but no one else sees theirs. Shkreli's case would be the perfect instance for this (oh, and that Trump fellow as well).

[IHateWearingATie]

Correction

Daraprim is not an anti HIV drug. It is used against certain infections, and one of the uses is for certain infections that HIV patients get.

The guy is still a tosser though.

[MJI]

That drug

Is still pretty cheap elsewhere.

UK for example.

There is no reason for tosspots company to get the money

[Anonymous Coward]

thanks for giving an update on the weather in London.