The man who described himself as "the most fabulous supervillain on the internet" has been barred from Twitter.

On Tuesday, Breitbart writer and social media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos —also known as Nero — was permanently suspended from the social media site. The ban follows reports that Yiannopoulos led an online harassment campaign against comedian Leslie Jones.

Earlier this week, Jones — who stars in the new Ghostbusters film — called on Twitter to improve its online harassment guidelines, after she was bombarded with sexist and racist tweets. Since the Ghostbusters remake was announced, the film has come under criticism for its all-female cast.

Yiannopoulos has said the ban is "cowardly," calling Twitter a "no-go zone for conservatives."

Jones' story is a sadly familiar tale for Ijeoma Oluo. She's a Seattle-based writer and the editor-at-large of The Establishment — a media platform run and funded by women.

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Caption: Ijeoma Oluo is a writer in Seattle. (Facebook/Ijeoma Oluo)

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In a piece in The Guardian on Wednesday, Oluo explains how other black women face similar abuse on social media every day.

"I think it resonated with a lot of us who can still remember what that felt like the first time. And now, it's that dull ache — that constant reminder — that you're seen as less than human by a lot of these people," says Oluo.

In her article, Oluo says she has blocked over 60,000 people on Twitter. She has reported abuse on Twitter hundreds of times, but rarely sees action.

"More often than not, the response I get back from Twitter is: 'This doesn't violate our terms of service.' I have literally reported videos of people being murdered, pictures of mutilated bodies, the n-word being shouted at me repeatedly, and, time and time again, I'm told it doesn't violate the terms of service. I can count on one hand the amount of times that they've actually taken action."

While Oluo calls Twitter's decision to ban Yiannopoulos a step in the right direction, she says more needs to be done.

"I am upset that it took this long and I will not congratulate Twitter and act like it shouldn't have been done a lot sooner. I am going to be glad for this step and watch really closely to make sure that they are applying these same standards to anyone who is being abused on their platform."