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Amanda Knox trolled hard for insensitive election tweet

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Published Nov 06, 2020  •  1 minute read

Forme US convict Amanda Knox attends a cocktail event on the eve of the opening of the Criminal Justice Festival, at the Law University of Modena, northern Italy on June 13, 2019. Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO /AFP/Getty Images

Amanda Knox is once again the centre of controversy.

The American who spent years in prison until her murder conviction was overturned faced backlash after comparing the election results to the tragic events that plagued her in Italy.

“Whatever happens, the next four years can’t be as bad as that four-year study abroad I did in Italy, right?” Knox tweeted Tuesday.

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Knox – who was an exchange student in Italy – was convicted and spent close to four years in jail for being linked to the murder of roommate Meredith Kercher. In 2015, Knox was acquitted of the crime by Italy’s Supreme Court.

Playing off the controversy from her time in Italy, Foxy Knoxy thought it was appropriate to joke about it while chiming about the possible election outcome.

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Of course, the tweet – which garnered 27,000 likes and 24,900 retweets – didn’t sit too well with the Twitterverse, who responded negatively at the insensitive election joke.

“I imagine it was a lot worse for Meredith,” one person tweeted, referring to the murder victim.

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Kylie Jenner tweet linked to Snapchat stock tumble

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A Twitter post from new mum Kylie Jenner slamming Snapchat has been credited with wiping $1.3 billion from the social media app’s market value.

The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, whose profile was previously named among the top 10 most-viewed accounts on Snapchat, took to Twitter late on Wednesday to express her disapproval of the app’s recent redesign, which has been widely criticized by fans and tech experts alike for making it seem less user-friendly.

“sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me…,” she asked her 24.5 million followers. “ugh this is so sad (sic).”

“still love you tho snap…,” she later added, calling it “my first love.”

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Her tweets prompted hundreds of replies from followers, with one posting, “if Kylie the snap queen don’t like it then there’s OBVIOUSLY something wrong with the update (sic),” and another suggested Kylie make use of rival app Instagram’s Story feature, writing, “then you can be the queen of instastory now.”

Many urged the 20-year-old to take up the issue directly with company co-founder Evan Spiegel, who is married to model Miranda Kerr, but it appears the damage has already been done as stock market shares for Snapchat’s parent company, Snap Inc., plunged by 7.2% on Thursday.

Evan Spiegel and Miranda Kerr attend The Broad and Louis Vuitton’s celebration of Jasper Johns: “Something Resembling Truth” at The Broad on February 8, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)

Kylie, who even fronted a Snapchat companion show for her Life of Kylie reality series last year, only recently returned to her social networking sites after keeping a low profile in the lead-up to the birth of her daughter Stormi, with her rapper boyfriend Travis Scott, earlier this month.

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