Twitter 'report abuse' button calls after rape threats

[JMH]

A petition calling on Twitter to add a "report abuse" button has received thousands of signatures.

It follows a deluge of abuse and rape threats received by Caroline Criado-Perez, who successfully campaigned for women to be included on UK banknotes.

MP Stella Creasy told the BBC she was "furious" Twitter had yet to do anything about Ms Criado-Perez's abuse.

Twitter UK's Tony Wang said the company was "testing ways to simplify" reporting abuse.

'Frequently ignored'

Ms Criado-Perez, who had appeared in the media to campaign for women to feature on banknotes, said the abusive tweets began the day it was announced that author Jane Austen would appear on the newly designed £10 note.

BBC News - Twitter 'report abuse' button calls after rape threats

 

[x BlueRobot]

The Report Abuse button won't stop trolls.

 

[Temmu]

is there a report abuse button here? no? o.

 

[Patrick]

is there a report abuse button here? no? o.

If by here you mean Sysnative, yeah, there is. It's under everyone's postbit (the little !).

 

[x BlueRobot]

is there a report abuse button here? no? o.

If by here you mean Sysnative, yeah, there is. It's under everyone's postbit (the little !).

The warning triangle on the bottom left.

 

[Temmu]

ok. thx, i looked and missed that entirely.