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Twitter is tracking phone numbers to prevent trolls and abuses

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Twitter is tracking phone numbers to prevent trolls and abuses
Twitter announced that it is starting to track phone numbers of users as a measure to prevent abuses like the creation of new bogus accounts. A few weeks ago, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo explained the difficulties the company is facing to prevent the abuse of its platform. Costolo revealed to be embarrassed for the company’s failures and would be operating to eliminate trolls and abuses.

    “We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we’ve sucked at it for years,” Costolo wrote in a memo obtained by The Verge. “It’s no secret and the rest of the world talks about it every day. We lose core user after core user by not addressing simple trolling issues that they face every day.”

Following the declaration of its CEO, Twitter announced that it is introducing new tools to eliminate harassment and any other behavior that violate company policies.

    “now we’re making similar improvements around reporting other content issues including impersonation, self-harm and the sharing of private and confidential information. These changes will begin rolling out today and should reach all users in the coming weeks.” states Twitter in a blog post.

Among the changes announced by Twitter, all the users that will receive temporary bans will need to verify their email address or a phone number in order to resume their accounts.

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