Twitter Adds Anti Harassment Toll Box

Twitter on Wednesday announced that the next few months it will roll changes to increase the safety of users

•   Its algorithms will help identify accounts as they engage in abusive behavior ,so the burden longer will be on victims to report it ; .
• Users will be able to limit certain account functionality ,such as letting only followers see their tweets for a set for set amount of time .
• New filtering options will give users more over control what they see from certain types of accounts --such as those without profile pitchers,or with unverified email address or phone numbers .
  

• New Mute functionality will let users mute tweets  within their home timelines ,and decide how long the content will be muted.
• Twitter also will be more transparent about actions it takes in response to reports of harassment from users "These updates are part of the ongoing safety work we announced in january ,ad follow our changes announced on February 7.
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                                  We're giving people the choice  to filter notification in a variety of ways including accounts who haven't a profile photo or verified their phones numbers or emails adress ,"the spokesperson noted.

The feature is not turned on by default but provided as an option.

Still, suggesting special handling for accounts without a profile picture -- known as "eggs" because of the ovoid shape of the space left for the picture -- and those without an email address or phone number could pose a privacy dilemma.

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