Twitter Vows to Toughen Stance Against Abusive Tweets

AFP: Twitter said it is cracking down on mean, hateful or menacing tweets that cross the red line from free speech into abuse. The company is overhauling its safety policy and beefing up the team responsible for enforcing it, along with investing “heavily” in ways to detect and limit the reach of abusive content, according to general counsel Vijaya Gadde. “We need to do a better job combating abuse without chilling or silencing speech.”