Twitter Vows to Crackdown on Users ‘Weaponizing’ Abuse Reporting System by Making Fake Complaints
Twitter has changed its abuse and harassment policy in a crackdown on the weaponization of the user reporting system by fake complaints.
The social media platform announced on April 7 that it had updated its abuse and harassment policy to clarify how it defined “targeted harassment.”
There have been increasing complaints from individuals about being attacked and harassed by random Twitter users for their opinions in an attempt to have them driven from the app.
Twitter has responded to complaints by updating the criteria for “targeted harassment” of individuals on its website.
“We believe in free speech and we also believe users have a right to use and enjoy our platform without being subjected to targeted and repeated harassment,” Twitter said….