Twitter looks to toughen rules on online harassment abuse

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Twitter Inc plans to toughen its rules on online sexual harassment and impose stronger penalties for misconduct, according to an e-mail it sent to a group of safety advocates, academics and researchers that helps the social media service set its policies.

The new rules, which will likely be introduced in the next few weeks, are aimed at tackling one of Twitter's biggest and long-lasting problems. They follow a series of tweets by chief executive Jack Dorsey on Friday announcing plans to act more aggressively to limit the number of bullies and harassers using Twitter.