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Twitter Faces Backlash Over "Block" Feature

Doing a little damage control, Twitter has pulled back on changes to its “block” feature. “The mass protest on Twitter was the first for Twitter as a public company,” the Los Angeles Times writes in reference to some upset users. The disgruntled users “said the changes to the block feature would encourage online abuse and harassment on the service,” the LATimes reports. “Many women, in particular, said they would no longer feel safe on Twitter, where they say they receive rape and other threats.”
 

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