Twitter Changes Abuse Rules in Response to Rape Threats Twitter announced on Saturday it will take steps to crack down on harassment in response to hateful messages aimed at high-profile women. Many of the tweets were directed at Caroline Criado-Perez, a feminist activist who successfully campaigned to put Jane Austen on Britain’s 10 pound notes. She received rape and death threats on Twitter at a rate of nearly one a minute in response to her campaign. Twitter announced it will roll out more exhaustive rules of conduct and introduce an in-tweet button to report abuse
Posted on: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 16:42:02 +0000
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