Twitter says there’s ‘significantly less abuse’ on platform now

NEW YORK — Twitter’s battle to crack down on online harassment is far from over, but it’s making some strides. The company said on Thursday it takes action on ten times as many abusive accounts each day compared to one year ago. “While there is still much work to be done, people are experiencing significantly less abuse on Twitter today than they were six months ago,” wrote Ed Ho, Twitter GM of consumer product and engineering, in a blog post. […]