Twitter tests telling users their tweet replies may be offensive

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REUTERS: Twitter Inc will test sending users a prompt when they reply to a tweet using 'offensive or hurtful language,' in an effort to clean up ...

REUTERS: Twitter Inc will test sending users a prompt when they reply to a tweet using"offensive or hurtful language," in an effort to clean up conversations on the social media platform, the company said in a tweet on Tuesday .

"We're trying to encourage people to rethink their behaviour and rethink their language before posting because they often are in the heat of the moment and they might say something they regret," Sunita Saligram, Twitter's global head of site policy for trust and safety, said in an interview with Reuters.

 

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Good initiative, hope twitter will remain neutral on this without any biase

Hey, CNA, you guys suck! Okay, now let's see what happens. 😜✌

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