Does Twitter Need a 'Report Abuse' Button?
Jul 30, 2013•4 min
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Episode description
After Caroline Criado-Perez helped get novelist Jane Austen's face on the £10 note in the UK, she was swamped with abusive comments on Twitter.
Since then, more than 90,000 people have signed an online petition urging Twitter to add a "report abuse" button on everyone's Twitter profile.
SocialTimes editor Devon Glenn talked about the controversy on the Morning Media Menu today.
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