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Historically, Twitter has done a poor job of protecting its users from incessant abuse and threats. In a bid to curb the rampant harassment on its service, however, Twitter announced late last night that it’s buying Smyte, a San Francisco-based startup that aimed to help companies curb spam, fraud and abuse…
“I definitely spend way more time reading tweets than writing tweets,” Twitter co-founder Biz Stone told Fresh Air‘s Terry Gross in 2011. Back then, his company was enjoying praise for its (largely accidental) role in helping to organise the Arab Spring, with Stone describing himself as “an infrequent tweeter” and…
Nazi-saluting white nationalist Richard Spencer — who coined the term “alt-right” — had his Twitter account reinstated, along with verification. In mid-November, Spencer was suspended from the site along with other prominent alt-right voices like Pax Dickinson and Ricky Vaughn.
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