Twitter has started to roll out several new features this week aimed at reducing ‘abuse and harassment’, following up on changes that were introduced a few weeks ago.
Twitter announced today that they will introduce optional filters that will prevent you from being notified when certain accounts tweet you.
This now includes accounts without a profile picture, named ‘eggs’, as well as accounts without verified phone numbers.
Twitter released the following statement on the upcoming changes:
We’re working to identify accounts as they’re engaging in abusive behavior, even if this behavior hasn’t been reported to us. Then, we’re taking action by limiting certain account functionality for a set amount of time, such as allowing only their followers to see their Tweets. For example, this change could come into effect if an account is repeatedly Tweeting without solicitation at non-followers or engaging in patterns of abusive behavior that is in violation of the Twitter Rules. Our platform supports the freedom to share any viewpoint, but if an account continues to repeatedly violate the Twitter Rules, we will consider taking further action.
We’re continuing our work to make Twitter safer, moving faster than ever to do so. During the past few weeks alone, we’ve made a number of changes on this front including updating how you can report abusive Tweets, stopping the creation of new abusive accounts, implementing safer search results, collapsing abusive or low-quality Tweets, and reducing notifications from conversations started by people you’ve blocked or muted. We’ve already seen an impact from these updates and we appreciate and value all of your feedback along the way.
Read the full statement here.
