Twitter unveils new anti-abuse tools that could help combat harassment in the Trump era
- Anna Mae
- Nov 21, 2016
- 1 min read
''Twitter might've just made Melania Trump's job as an anti-bullying advocate a little bit easier.
On Tuesday, the company announced updates to its policy and product that aim to make the digital wilderness a little less terrible to navigate.
These changes couldn't have come at a more vital time.
Hate speech and intimidation have been proliferating the country following Trump's win. Hate crimes against Muslims have reached the highest numbers since 9/11, according to the FBI. This abuse is not isolated to the physical world: An Anti-Defamation League report last month proved that anti-Semitic trolls swelled on Twitter during the election...''
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