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Twitter to ‘kick trolls off right and left’ as CEO admits it has ‘sucked’ at dealing with the problem

on Feb 5, 2015 | 0 comments

By Jennifer Faull

Twitter chief executive Dick Costolo has pledged the social network will start kicking trolls off the site after he admitted that there has been a failure to address the issue of harassment and abuse on the platform.

In an internal email leaked to The Verge, Costolo took personal responsibility, saying he was embarrassed and “frankly ashamed of how poorly we’ve dealt with this issue” during his tenure.

“We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform and we’ve sucked at it for years. It’s no secret and the rest of the world talks about it every day. We Read full story ›

Source: The Drum