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Does Twitter Need a 'Report Abuse' Button?

Does Twitter Need a 'Report Abuse' Button?

Update: 2013-07-30
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After Caroline Criado-Perez helped get novelist Jane Austen's face on the £10 note in the UK, she was swamped with abusive comments on Twitter.

Since then, more than 90,000 people have signed an online petition urging Twitter to add a "report abuse" button on everyone's Twitter profile.

SocialTimes editor Devon Glenn talked about the controversy on the Morning Media Menu today.

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Does Twitter Need a 'Report Abuse' Button?

Does Twitter Need a 'Report Abuse' Button?

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