Twitter makes it easier to report abusive tweetstorms

When people attack on Twitter, they usually take more than one tweet to do it. Now, Twitter will finally let you report not just the first or last abusive tweet, but up to five of them, giving Twitter real context and, perhaps, a better avenue to action. 

Twitter announced the change on Saturday in a Safety blog post.

The update comes a few months after Twitter broadened its online abuse policy to encompass "abusive behavior and hateful conduct" and almost a year after after it cracked down on violent threats. Read more...