Twitter moves forward on its plan to fight harassment and spam

Twitter's new plan to tamp down harassment and spam on its platform is finally beginning to take shape.

Following last week's slightly underwhelming update that allows users to report accounts even if they have been blocked, the company unveiled a set of new updates aimed at reducing the spread of harassment of spam and keeping the worst offenders off the platform. 

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To start, the company is "taking steps" to prevent those who have been permanently suspended from Twitter from creating new accounts. Now, Twitter is vague on the details around what these "steps" actually are (presumably to prevent people from circumventing them), but the move appears to be targeted at some of the site's worst offenders. Read more...

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