Martin Shkreli and other people who've been suspended or banned from Twitter

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Former US drug executive Martin Shkreli has been suspended by Twitter for harassing a female journalist.

He hit the headlines after raising the price of an Aids drug by more than 5,000%.

Shkreli, a supporter of Donald Trump, was accused of hounding freelance reporter Lauren Duca.

It included sending her requests for dates after she wrote an article for Teen Vogue that was critical of the President-elect.

Shkreli raised the price of anti-parasitic drug Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 a dose while head of Turing Pharmaceuticals LLC before having to step down in 2015.

He's also the man who bought the only copy of Wu-Tang Clan's album Once Upon A Time in Shaolin.

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Twitter introduced stricter rules targeting harassment and intimidation in 2015.

A new "quality filter" was also launched last autumn designed to allow users to deal with trolls and abusive posts more easily.

A number of high-profile celebrities and other famous faces have since been banned.

Azealia Banks is still suspended for abusing Zayn Malik

The rapper was kicked off the social media site last year.

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It followed a string of aggressive tweets directed at former One Direction singer, Zayn Malik.

The rapper later apologised - twice - before setting up another account. That was suspended too.

"I apologise not only to you, Zayn, but to all those I hurt and offended," she wrote. "I am not cruel, nor am I heartless or vindictive.

This British journalist was banned for abusing a Hollywood actress

Milo Yiannopoulos, an editor at the US right-wing website Breitbart, was permanently kicked off Twitter last July.

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Milo Yiannopoulos no longer has to worry about fitting what he wants to say into 140 characters

He was banned after racist abuse was directed at a star of the all-female Ghostbusters reboot, Leslie Jones.

She briefly quit Twitter after the abuse and said the network wasn't doing enough to stop it.

After being banned, Milo Yiannopoulos told Breitbart, external: "With the cowardly suspension of my account, Twitter has confirmed itself as a safe space for Muslim terrorists and Black Lives Matter extremists, but a no-go zone for conservatives."

YouTube star PewDiePie was told off for joking about IS

The Swede, who lives in Brighton, was suspended briefly from Twitter in September after making a joke about so-called Islamic State.

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He was removed from the site after he told followers that he and fellow YouTube star Jack Septic Eye had joined the group.

Twitter shut down his account, according to their rules on promoting "organisations or individuals associated with promoting hate".

PewDiePie has nearly 10 million followers but is still not verified following the suspension.

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Courtney Love's main account is still suspended, although she now tweets from @Courtney

Other stars to have their accounts suspended include Courtney Love, 50 Cent and Adele (by her own manager) plus fake Christopher Walken and Clint Eastwood profiles.

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