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Twitter Adds "Report Dox" Option

Posted by timothy on from the better-late-than-never dept.

AmiMoJo writes Twitter announced that its abuse-report system, which was recently refined to simplify and shorten the reporting process, has now expanded to allow users to report content such as self-harm incidents and "the sharing of private and confidential information" (aka doxing). The announcement, posted by Twitter Vice President of User Services Tina Bhatnagar, explained that December's report-process update was met with a "tripling" of the site's abuse support staff, which has led to a quintupling of abuse report processing. Chat logs recently revealed how Twitter is used by small groups to create vast harassment campaigns, thanks to sock puppet account and relative anonymity.

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  1. Re:Twitter is a powerful tool by ArchieBunker · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Twitter is more annoying than anything. I don't care what names celebrities are calling each other and I don't want to see inane comments while trying to watch a tv show.

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  2. Soshill Justus by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Chat logs recently revealed how Twitter is used by small groups to create vast harassment campaigns

    Yeah, it's funny how a small group of people can create a vast harassment campaign on an entire customer base and perpetuate it through shitty sites with no integrity.

  3. Re:Not Nearly Enough by DiamondGeezer · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Dear AC,

    Thank you for posting your concerns.

    But perhaps you'd like to tell us what a "harasser" is, because at the moment this appears to be "anyone who doesn't agree with me, mocks me or quotes facts which contradict my beliefs"

    Yours sincerely

    The rest of the Internet

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