MADRID (EFE) .- Twitter announced new measures against abuse and violence in the social network, such as the implementation of a function that detects tweets abusive and ability to block accounts temporarily.
The US company began testing a new feature that identifies aggressive or violent tweets and restrict them, so that even the users that are targeted attacks and the followers of these they find offensive messages.
This function informs Twitter on your blog, takes into account various factors in the analysis, as the age of the account and the similarity of the messages previously identified as aggressive tweets.
extends the range of action against certain types of messages: previously only direct threats, now incitement to hatred or violence is prohibited. And the company may temporarily block the user accounts who commit abuses. “Our previous policy was too limited and limiting our ability to react to certain types of bullying behavior,” the network.
In recent months, Twitter has implemented measures to limit abuse and commit to deter “trolls” (internet users who bother). Among them is an improvement of the tools to report content and behavior, and demanding users who do not meet the standards identified by a number.
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