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Twitter Tool To Tackle Abuse Against Women

Twitter's UK division has modified its policies to deal with abuse and harassment following incidents that highlighted threatening messages sent to users in their Twitter feeds. Microblogging network modified its policies in response to a flood of complaints, which include an online petition signed by about 125,000 people, that its tools used to report abuse had been inadequate. Twitter UK general manager Tony Wang personally apologised the women who have experienced abuse on Twitter and for what they have gone through.

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