article_snippet: Twitter has admitted Twitter needs to get tougher on trolls and has already introduced new ways to report abuse to weed out the perpetrators.
article_snippet: Twitter said 'agents will then act on content posted in violation of the policy', including removing the post or suspending the accounts of repeat offenders. '
article_snippet: Users who believe that content the abuse post has been incorrectly identified is violating the policy can appeal the decision and agents will review that request as well,' said Twitter. '
article_snippet: Content that is identified as violating Twitter policy will be hidden from public view and users posting our policy will have Content that is identified as violating our policy accounts locked; Users who believe that content they post has been incorrectly identified will be required to delete the content in question before being able to return to the platform. '
article_snippet: Users posting such content with an intent to harass will be subject to suspension from Twitter.'
article_snippet: In the future, Twitter may  ban accounts accused of abuse until accounts accused of abuse provide a phone number (pictured) .
article_snippet: Stories of abuse, threats and internet trolls have become commonplace on Twitter in recent years.
article_snippet: Twitter is working on ways to make Twitter easier to block and report abuse.
article_snippet: Twitter is working on ways to make Twitter easier to block and report abuse.
article_snippet: Since the 1988 law came into force before the widespread use of the internet, e-mail and social networking, prosecutors have used a number of different laws to charge Twitter trolls.
article_snippet: Tina Bhatnagar, Twitter's vice president of User Services said: 'Over the last six months, in addition to the product changes, Tina Bhatnagar, Twitter's vice president of User Services have overhauled how Tina Bhatnagar, Twitter's vice president of User Services review user reports about abuse. '
article_snippet: Overall, Tina Bhatnagar, Twitter's vice president of User Services now review five times as many user reports as Tina Bhatnagar, Twitter's vice president of User Services did previously, and Tina Bhatnagar, Twitter's vice president of User Services have tripled the size of the support team focused on handling abuse reports. '
article_snippet: Tina Bhatnagar, Twitter's vice president of User Services are also beginning to add several new enforcement actions for use against accounts that violate Tina Bhatnagar, Twitter's vice president of User Services rules.
article_snippet: several new enforcement actions for use against accounts that violate our rules will not be visible to the vast majority of rule-abiding Twitter users - but several new enforcement actions for use against accounts that violate our rules give us new options for acting against the accounts that don't follow the rules and serve to discourage behavior that goes against our policies.
article_snippet: In recent years Twitter has come under fire for failing to protect Twitter users from trolls.
highlights_snippet: Twitter streamlined Twitter abuse reporting system in December .