Twitter beefs up its mute tools and abuse policies to help you proactively silence trolls<article>
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Twitter is bulking up its tools to
combat online hate and harassment. In recent months, critics have called out Twitter for not doing enough to stop online abuse. Now Twitter is fighting back against the growing impression that social the network is becoming far too vitriolic.</p><p>
First up: An expansion of Twitter’s mute tool that will be rolling out in the coming days. The new filtering will allow users greater control over what ends up in their notifications section by preventing specific keywords, phrases, and even flagged conversation threads from landing in their notifications.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3141593/data-center-cloud/twitter-beefs-up-its-mute-tools-and-abuse-policies-to-help-you-proactively-silence-trolls.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Twitter beefs up its mute tools and abuse policies to help you proactively silence trolls
