Twitter trolls won't keep Leslie Jones from her freedom of speech

Neither ghosts nor trolls can stop Leslie Jones.
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Jessye McGarry
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Twitter trolls won't keep Leslie Jones from her freedom of speech
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Leslie Jones has had quite a week on Twitter.

After dealing with harassment from racist trolls, leaving the site and triumphantly returning, she worked with the CEO of Twitter to remove some of the accounts.

On last night's episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, Leslie sat down to talk about the experience and advocated for recognizing the difference between hate speech and freedom of speech.

We're so glad to have you back, Leslie.

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Jessye McGarry

Jessye McGarry is an acquaintance, middle child and former Humor Intern at Mashable.


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