Twitter Finally Announces Mute Feature to Combat Trolls & Online Abuse
Twitter is finally helping users with online trolls with their new mute feature...10 years after the app's launch. The company announced they will be rolling out a filter where users can mute people, keywords, phrases, usernames, emojis and hashtags. So now you won't accidentally see spoilers from Scandal or Game of Thrones!
But more importantly, Twitter wants to combat the ongoing abuse that seems to be getting even worse on the app. Their new policy explains that users can now report hate speech and harassment:
“Our hateful conduct policy prohibits specific conduct that targets people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease. Today we’re giving you a more direct way to report this type of conduct for yourself, or for others, whenever you see it happening. This will improve our ability to process these reports, which helps reduce the burden on the person experiencing the abuse.”
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