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Twitter Making it Easier to Report Abusive Tweets

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Twitter Making it Easier to Report Abusive Tweets

Twitter will integrate a “report abuse” button for individual tweets.

Responding to a Change.org petition and a general outcry from users in the wake of a Twitter abuse scandal, the social networking platform has promised the rollout of “report abuse” buttons for individual tweets.

After campaigning for the Bank of England to print currency with female cultural icons, British feminist Caroline Criado-Perez was inundated with a flood of offensive and threatening posts from angry male users. The attacks followed an announcement that author Jane Austen would appear on an upcoming 10-pound note.

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