says it is doing extra to ensure you do not see something from accounts you could have or , in addition to any . It’s engaged on updates to cover these key phrases and accounts throughout extra areas of the platform.

On the net and the iOS and Android apps, you must now not see occasions from muted and blocked accounts within the Explore tab or the What’s Happening sidebar. Nor ought to they seem in emails from the platform or events-based notifications.

This is a welcome, long-overdue change that ought to give customers extra management over what they see on the platform, since they’re going to have additional assurance that accounts they do not wish to hear from will not pop up exterior of the timeline. It also needs to assist people to keep away from spoilers within the sidebar in the event that they mute the identify of a present or recreation. Given the wording of the tweets about this replace, it appears Twitter is taking a look at extra methods of blotting out tweets from muted and blocked accounts and key phrases.

Twitter has examined or rolled out different options to stop harassment in latest months. It experimented with a Safety Mode that mechanically and briefly blocks accounts that “may use harmful language or send repetitive, uninvited replies.” In October, it added a strategy to take away an undesirable follower with out having to dam them first.