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The Essential: Why are People Putting their Names in Brackets on Twitter?

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13/06/2016 GMT

Why are People Putting their Names in Brackets on Twitter?

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A campaign led by anti-Semitic trolls has sparked a backlash online

What started as a campaign led by anti-Semitic trolls turned into an act of defiance, as both Jewish and non-Jewish people tried to reclaim the racist symbol.

Why are people are putting their names in parenthesis on Twitter? What started as a campaign led by anti-Semitic trolls turned into an act of defiance, as both Jewish and non-Jewish people tried to reclaim the racist symbol.

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