Twitter said late Monday it is rolling out features soon to counter abuse on its platform, though it did not provide details of the measures it is taking.
“We’re taking a completely new approach to abuse on Twitter. Including having a more open & real-time dialogue about it every step of the way,” wrote company CEO Jack Dorsey, referring to a tweet by Ed Ho, vice president for engineering, in which he promised the changes soon.
“This week, we’ll tackle long overdue fixes to mute/block and stopping repeat offenders from creating new accounts,” wrote Ho in one of a series of tweets .
Twitter has been asked by a large number of users to crack down on abuse and harassment on its platform, with some even quitting the service after being harassed online.
Dorsey asked users in December to identify what were the most important things users wanted Twitter to improve or create in 2017 , and he was able to narrow down on four categories, of which one was abuse.
