▁their ▁service ▁under ▁Section ▁ 2 3 0 ▁of ▁the ▁Communic ations ▁Dec ency ▁Act ▁( 1 9 9 6 ), ▁and ▁so ▁have ▁no ▁legal ▁oblig ation ▁to ▁police ▁mal icious ▁content ▁such ▁as ▁har ass ment ▁and ▁thre ats . ▁B ri anna ▁Wu , ▁shortly ▁after ▁becoming ▁a ▁target ▁of ▁har ass ment , ▁stated ▁that ▁Twitter ▁facil itated ▁har ass ment ▁by ▁the ▁ease ▁with ▁which ▁anyone ▁could ▁make ▁a ▁new ▁account ▁even ▁after ▁having ▁an ▁earlier ▁account ▁blocked , ▁and ▁challeng ed ▁the ▁service ▁to ▁improve ▁its ▁respons iveness ▁to ▁compla ints . ▁Robinson ▁Meyer ▁of ▁The ▁Atlantic ▁said ▁G amer gate ▁is ▁an ▁" identity ▁crisis " ▁for ▁Twitter , ▁and ▁by ▁not ▁dealing ▁with ▁har ass ing ▁users , ▁the ▁platform ▁is ▁failing ▁to ▁protect ▁vict ims . ▁ ▁Early ▁on ▁during ▁G amer gate , ▁software ▁developer ▁Rand i ▁Har per ▁started ▁the ▁" Good ▁Game ▁Auto ▁Block er " ▁or ▁" gg aut ob lock er ", ▁an ▁expand ing ▁list ▁of ▁known ▁Twitter ▁accounts ▁that ▁were ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁G amer gate ▁has ht ag ▁which ▁could ▁be ▁automatically ▁blocked , ▁therefore ▁reducing ▁the ▁degree ▁of ▁har ass ment ▁received . ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Twitter ▁announced ▁a ▁collaboration ▁with ▁the ▁non - pro fit ▁group ▁" W omen , ▁Action ▁& ▁the ▁Media " ▁( W AM ), ▁in ▁which ▁users ▁of ▁Twitter ▁can ▁report ▁har ass ment ▁to ▁a ▁tool ▁monitor ed ▁by ▁W AM ▁members ,