Twitter launches Safety Centre tool to tackle online abuse

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Even since now-departed Twitter CEO Dick Costolo said at the beginning of the year that the social media site &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;sucks” at dealing with online abuse&comma; the firm has been pushing to improve things&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The latest move has been revealed today&comma; with the launch of Safety Centre&comma; a new area of Twitter that the micro-blogging site says is a resource for anyone to use to learn about online safety on Twitter and the web in general&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The new site is broken down into three main sections&colon; Tools&comma; Policies and Enforcement – detailing how you can customise the site to suit you&comma; the rules and regulations that Twitter applies&comma; and how it enforces these rules&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Facebook created a similar site earlier this year to clarify how it dealt with different types of content in the wake of criticism over extreme material ranging from terrorism to potential child abuse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As well as the short&comma; sharp explainer sections&comma; there are also help pages aimed at different Twitter users&semi; from teenagers to parents and educators&period; Each of these three sections has advice for that group on how to get the most from Twitter&comma; with the Teens section focusing on privacy&comma; thinking before you share&comma; and dealing with bullying&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a blog post announcing the new centre&comma; Twitter said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This resource is a result of our work with online safety experts who continuously help us to promote good digital citizenship&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Your online safety is a shared responsibility&comma; and digital citizenship is essential to fostering a safe environment for all&period; As Twitter evolves along with the world of online safety&comma; we will continue to create new materials for the Safety Centre&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Twitter is in a continuous battle with Mark Zuckerberg’s site as it looks to boost user numbers from around 300 million to the Facebook levels of more than 1&period;3 billion globally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd21c94e4b7">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd21c94e4b7'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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