Twitter introduces anti-trolling measures with its latest update

Twitter has adopted a crusading stance on trolling and harassment happening on its social network service. Over the last few weeks, the company introduced an update that improved its reporting tool, stifled the creation of abusive accounts, and revamped its search tool to remove content and Tweets from accounts that users have blocked.

Today, Twitter's VP of engineering Ed Ho announced another safety-oriented update that builds upon Twitter's previous efforts. You will now be able to mute specific words, usernames, and accounts with the default ...