Twitter Is Adding New Filtering Tools in an Effort to Curb Abuse

Over the next few days, Twitter will add new features intended to help curb abuse on the platform. Users will be able filter out certain keywords, phrases, user names, and hashtags in their mentions, Twitter says. You’ll also have the option to mute threads. The company is also revamping its abuse reporting system so that bystanders can report harassment and hate speech directly rather than leaving that option solely to the person on the receiving end…


Source: Wired
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey