STORY HIGHLIGHTSCriado-Perez successfully campaigned to have women pictured on UK banknotesA 21-year-old man arrested in Manchester area on suspicion harassment against the campaignerTwitter’s UK General Manager Tony Wang urged users to report instances of abuse on the site
(CNN) — A barrage of rape and death threats on Twitter aimed at feminist Caroline Criado-Perez, who petitioned to have women displayed on British banknotes — has sparked outrage in the global media and among the Twitterati.
Following a day-long onslaught, in which Criado-Perez received around 50 sexually-abusive tweets an hour, police finally arrested a 21-year-old man in Manchester on Sunday.
The feminist champion, whose campaign resulted in the Bank of England agreeing to picture Pride and Prejudice author Jane Austen on every 10 bill, tweeted throughout the abuse: “I actually can’t keep up with the screen-capping & reporting — rape threats thick and fast now. If anyone wants to report the tweets to Twitter.”
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