How to rid Twitter of misogyny – and make it fit for debate | Simon Jenkins

Women like Caroline Criado-Perez have suffered a torrent of bigotry on social media. But regulation can stop it

The great god of the mountain is turning grim. The warm, lovable, liberal dawn of the digital era suddenly seems dark and menacing. E-crime is rife, state snooping is everywhere, hate speech and misogyny howl and cackle in the internet slipstream. People are getting hurt.

Such has been the row over Jane Austen at the Bank of England that we might think Caroline Criado-Perez was runnin...