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05-01-2014, 08:22 PM
Massachusetts Apologizes for ***ual Assault Tweet
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Massachusetts' government Twitter account, @MassGov (https://twitter.com/MassGov), ended ***ual assault awareness month in one of the worst ways possible.
The account drew criticism from followers after it tweeted a message on Wednesday night that called ***ual assault "always avoidable." Many felt the wording blamed victims of ***ual assault, and the controversy is still brewing.
See also: White House Rolls Out Guidelines to Stop ***ual Assault With Star-Studded PSA (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/***ual-assault-white-house-psa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Mass.gov's web team took down the tweet hours later and offered an apology on*Twitter on Thursday, but you can still view the message in the screenshot below. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/massachusetts-***ual-assault/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Massachusetts' government Twitter account, @MassGov (https://twitter.com/MassGov), ended ***ual assault awareness month in one of the worst ways possible.
The account drew criticism from followers after it tweeted a message on Wednesday night that called ***ual assault "always avoidable." Many felt the wording blamed victims of ***ual assault, and the controversy is still brewing.
See also: White House Rolls Out Guidelines to Stop ***ual Assault With Star-Studded PSA (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/***ual-assault-white-house-psa/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Mass.gov's web team took down the tweet hours later and offered an apology on*Twitter on Thursday, but you can still view the message in the screenshot below. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/massachusetts-***ual-assault/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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