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Twitter says 'sorry' to women over abuse
bb1 Sat Aug 03, 2013 1:13 pm
http://news.sky.com/story/1124027/twitter-says-sorry-to-women-over-abuse
Twitter Says 'Sorry' To Women Over Abuse
Police investigate eight allegations of abuse on the microblogging website as the firm clarifies its rules on abusive behaviour.
Twitter's UK boss has personally apologised to women who have been attacked by "trolls" on the social networking site, vowing to do more to protect people from abuse.
It comes as Scotland Yard said its e-crime unit was looking into claims by eight people of abuse.
Twitter found itself in the spotlight after three female journalists said they had been the subject of bomb threats on the site and two other women - an MP and a campaigner - received threats of rape.
The bomb threat tweet was sent to Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, Independent columnist Grace Dent and Europe editor of Time magazine Catherine Mayer, which Ms Dent took a screen grab of and posted for her Twitter followers to see.
In separate incidents, Labour MP Stella Creasy and campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, who successfully fought for a woman's face to appear on £10 banknotes, were threatened on Twitter with rape.
Two arrests have already been made in relation to those threats.
Twitter has now clarified its rules on abusive behaviour amid a growing backlash over a series of attacks.
The firm said it was putting extra staff on the teams which handle abuse reports, and an "in-tweet" report button has been added so people can report abusive behaviour directly from a tweet.
It comes after an online petition calling for a "report abuse" button had attracted more than 120,000 signatures.
Tony Wang, general manager of Twitter UK, has posted a series of tweets saying abuse was "simply not acceptable".
He wrote: "I personally apologise to the women who have experienced abuse on Twitter and for what they have gone through.
"The abuse they've received is simply not acceptable. It's not acceptable in the real world, and it's not acceptable on Twitter.
"There is more we can and will be doing to protect our users against abuse. That is our commitment."
Twitter is also working with the UK Safer Internet Centre, which promotes the safe and responsible use of technology.
The rules include "You may not publish or post direct, specific threats of violence against others" and "You may not engage in targeted abuse or harassment".
The social networking website added: "User abuse and technical abuse are not tolerated on Twitter.com, and may result in permanent suspension."
In a message posted on its blog, Twitter's senior director for trust and safety, Del Harvey, and Mr Wang wrote: "It comes down to this: people deserve to feel safe on Twitter.
"We want people to feel safe on Twitter, and we want the Twitter rules to send a clear message to anyone who thought that such behaviour was, or could ever be, acceptable."
"We are committed to making Twitter a safe place for our users," they said, adding: "We're here, and we're listening to you."
The McCann-haters won't have anything to say if they can't post abuse and threats.
Twitter Says 'Sorry' To Women Over Abuse
Police investigate eight allegations of abuse on the microblogging website as the firm clarifies its rules on abusive behaviour.
Twitter's UK boss has personally apologised to women who have been attacked by "trolls" on the social networking site, vowing to do more to protect people from abuse.
It comes as Scotland Yard said its e-crime unit was looking into claims by eight people of abuse.
Twitter found itself in the spotlight after three female journalists said they had been the subject of bomb threats on the site and two other women - an MP and a campaigner - received threats of rape.
The bomb threat tweet was sent to Guardian columnist Hadley Freeman, Independent columnist Grace Dent and Europe editor of Time magazine Catherine Mayer, which Ms Dent took a screen grab of and posted for her Twitter followers to see.
In separate incidents, Labour MP Stella Creasy and campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, who successfully fought for a woman's face to appear on £10 banknotes, were threatened on Twitter with rape.
Two arrests have already been made in relation to those threats.
Twitter has now clarified its rules on abusive behaviour amid a growing backlash over a series of attacks.
The firm said it was putting extra staff on the teams which handle abuse reports, and an "in-tweet" report button has been added so people can report abusive behaviour directly from a tweet.
It comes after an online petition calling for a "report abuse" button had attracted more than 120,000 signatures.
Tony Wang, general manager of Twitter UK, has posted a series of tweets saying abuse was "simply not acceptable".
He wrote: "I personally apologise to the women who have experienced abuse on Twitter and for what they have gone through.
"The abuse they've received is simply not acceptable. It's not acceptable in the real world, and it's not acceptable on Twitter.
"There is more we can and will be doing to protect our users against abuse. That is our commitment."
Twitter is also working with the UK Safer Internet Centre, which promotes the safe and responsible use of technology.
The rules include "You may not publish or post direct, specific threats of violence against others" and "You may not engage in targeted abuse or harassment".
The social networking website added: "User abuse and technical abuse are not tolerated on Twitter.com, and may result in permanent suspension."
In a message posted on its blog, Twitter's senior director for trust and safety, Del Harvey, and Mr Wang wrote: "It comes down to this: people deserve to feel safe on Twitter.
"We want people to feel safe on Twitter, and we want the Twitter rules to send a clear message to anyone who thought that such behaviour was, or could ever be, acceptable."
"We are committed to making Twitter a safe place for our users," they said, adding: "We're here, and we're listening to you."
The McCann-haters won't have anything to say if they can't post abuse and threats.
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Re: Twitter says 'sorry' to women over abuse
bb1 Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:41 am
http://news.sky.com/story/1124318/twitter-bomb-threat-sent-to-prof-mary-beard
I expect it was a 'joke'.
I expect it was a 'joke'.
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