Twitter Trolls

• Twitter bans tweets that ‘dehumanize’ based on disease or disability

  The company said the policy change was not a reaction to the outbreak of the coronavirus, but was part of its continual effort to update its rules against hateful conduct.

  World

  Mar 5, 2020
  
• Twitter CEO says he’d give his own company a ‘C’ grade on fighting abuse

  Jack Dorsey tweeted that he would give himself a 'C' grade for what Swisher termed "tech responsibility."

  Tech

  Feb 12, 2019
  
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• Twitter suspends 1,062 accounts linked to Russian election-meddling campaign

  The accounts were linked to the Internet Research Agency, a Russian "troll farm" that disseminated content designed to influence public opinion during the U.S. presidential election. 

  Politics

  Jan 19, 2018
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• Twitter rolls out new tools to combat abuse, cyberbullying after months of criticism

  Twitter, facing pressure for not doing enough to curb abusive behavior on its platform, said on Tuesday it would upgrade some features to better combat cyber-bullying.

  Tech

  Nov 15, 2016
• Twitter launches shared block lists to crack down on trolls

  Twitter has rolled out a new tool that allows users to share their block lists in an effort to crack down on trolls on the social networking site.

  Tech

  Jun 11, 2015