Twitter Will Auto-Block Harassers in Bid to Curb Abuse
- ‘Safety Mode’ is latest feature meant to protect victims
- Twitter technology detects whether a user is being harassed
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Twitter Inc. debuted a new product called Safety Mode that will automatically block users who are being aggressive or hateful toward another person in an effort to help reduce harassment.
The social networking company said it will use automated technology to look at the content of a tweet and “the relationship between the Tweet author and replier” to determine if a block is warranted. Twitter previously introduced the feature during an Analyst Day presentation in February.