The Twitter Inc. logo is displayed on an Apple Inc. iPhone in this arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Monday, April 23, 2018. Twitter Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figure on April 25. Photographer: Alex Flynn/Bloomberg
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter said it will begin asking for e-mail addresses or phone numbers to confirm new accounts as part of a battle against manipulation, particularly by automated bots.
Adding a way to check that a real person is behind new accounts was described by Twitter as being among measures to fight abuse, trolls, and hateful content.
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