Twitter Introduces Several Changes to Stop Harassment, Enhance Free Expression

Twitter said it's making changes aimed at stopping harassment and enhancing freedom of expression on the site, building on efforts started in November. A Tuesday blog post said Twitter will try to better identify and stop people who already have been permanently suspended from opening new accounts. It will provide safer search results that remove "potentially sensitive" tweets and those from blocked or muted accounts. "While this type of content will be discoverable if you want to find it, it won’t clutter search results any longer," the company said. Twitter will try to better identity and collapse potentially abusive and low-quality tweets so users can see more relevant conversations. It said such tweet replies will remain accessible to those who want to see them. Last week, the company said it gave a user the ability to report tweets that mention them even if an account has blocked that user.