Twitter plans new tool to let users block, mute abusive accounts

Twitter is planning a new tool to let users automatically block and mute abusive accounts.

With the new safety mode, the micro-blogging platform will automatically detect accounts that “might be acting abusive or spammy.”

The company will limit how those accounts can engage with your content for seven days.

During its virtual Analyst Day on Thursday, the company showed a presentation where a slide revealed that the feature will be a toggle in the new safety mode.