Google Launches Harassment Manager to Filter Unwanted Comments From Twitter, Other Social Media Platforms

Google’s new tool will also let users download a standalone report containing abusive messages.

By ANI | Updated: 9 March 2022 17:52 IST

Google Launches Harassment Manager to Filter Unwanted Comments From Twitter, Other Social Media Platforms

Photo Credit: Twitter/ Jigsaw

Google announced the new tool on the occasion of International Women's Day

Highlights

Jigsaw unit released code for the open-source anti-harassment tool
New tool offers filtering and reporting system
The tool will help Journalists, activists, and public figures

Tech giant Google has launched an open-source anti-harassment tool called 'Harassment Manager' to help journalists, activists, and public figures.

Google's Jigsaw unit released the code for the open-source anti-harassment tool that can currently work with Twitter's API to combine moderation options — like hiding tweet replies and muting or blocking accounts — with a bulk filtering and reporting system.

The tool will also let users download a standalone report containing abusive messages; this creates a paper trail for their employer or, in the case of illegal content like direct threats, law enforcement.

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Google made the announcement on the occasion of International Women's Day and framed the tool as "particularly relevant to female journalists who face gender-based abuse, highlighting input" from "journalists and activists with large Twitter presences."

"Our hope is that this technology provides a resource for people who are facing harassment online, especially female journalists, activists, politicians, and other public figures, who deal with disproportionately high toxicity online," the company said in a post.

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