FILE - This April 26, 2017, file photo shows the Twitter app on a mobile phone in Philadelphia. Twitter will now prohibit hate speech that targets religious groups using dehumanizing language. The social network already bans hateful language related to religion when it's aimed at individuals. The change broadens that rule to forbid language that likens members of religious groups to subhumans or vermin. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Twitter will now remove tweets that are reported for “dehumanising” others on the basis of religion, which it believes could drive people to hurt others offline.
Twitter's safety team said effective immediately users can report tweets that use hate speech to have it removed.
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