Tech. News: Twitter Updates Its Rules For Users

Following uproar and arrests in the United Kingdom over rape and bomb threats, and day before a scheduled boycott of the service, Twitter had now updated its rules for users. According to the report, more staff would be added to police abusive tweets.

Read a blog post sent by Twitter U.K. this morning, that announces the rules and staffing changes. Tony Wang, Twitter U.K. General Manager, had confirmed that the changes were being made worldwide. He said,"I personally apologize to the women who have experienced abuse on Twitter and for what they have gone through," Wang wrote in a series of follow-up tweets. "The abuse they've received is simply not acceptable. It's not acceptable in the real world, and it's not acceptable on Twitter...There is more we can and will be doing to protect our users against abuse. That is our commitment." 

Targeted Abuse: You may not engage in targeted abuse or harassment. Some of the factors that we take into account when determining what conduct is considered to be targeted abuse or harassment are:

• ♦ if you are sending messages to a user from multiple accounts;
• ♦ if the sole purpose of your account is to send abusive messages to others;
• ♦ if the reported behavior is one-sided or includes threats.

[Exclusively reported by *News.Cnet*]