Twitter is catching heat for permanently banning Breitbart technology editor and conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos during the Republican National Convention.
Several published reports speculated that the ban was spurred by Yiannopoulos? tweets inciting his followers to go after actress Leslie Jones, one of the stars of the new Ghostbusters movie, although Yiannopoulos did not personally send Jones any offensive tweets.
Jones said in a tweet Tuesday that all the racist and abusive tweets she had received drove her to leave Twitter, but prior to that, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey had reached out to Jones in a tweet asking her to send him a direct message.

I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart.All this cause I did a movie.You can hate the movie but the shit I got today…wrong ? Leslie Jones (@Lesdoggg) July 19, 2016

@Lesdoggg Hi Leslie, following, please DM me when you have a moment
? Jack (@jack) July 19, 2016

Yiannopoulos? Twitter account had more than 338,000 followers, and the #FreeMilo and #FreeNero hashtags were still showing up as trending on Twitter Wednesday.
Tuesday?s suspension does not mark Yiannopoulos? first run-in with Twitter: According to reports, he had been temporarily banned on a number of occasions, and the social network also removed his verified account status.
Breitbart pointed out that the suspension occurred ?just 20 minutes? before Yiannopoulos? ?Gays for Trump? event took place at the RNC, and it shared the fo...