Twitter is set to expand its Safety Mode feature
The feature currently allows users to temporarily block accounts that send harmful or abusive tweets.
The system will flag accounts that use hateful remarks or those that are trolling other users with unsolicited comments – and it will block them for several days.
Under the expansion, half of the platform’s users in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland will now have access.
Those users will also have the ability to now use a companion feature called Proactive Safety Mode.
This will proactively identify potentially harmful replies and prompt people to consider enabling the mode.
The firm said it had added this based on feedback from some users in the initial trial, who wanted help identifying unwelcome interactions.
