A report on CNET said the move, which seeks to simplify the procedure on various platforms, comes amid outrage over tweets that contain threats of rape.
"We're testing ways to simplify reporting, e.g. within a Tweet by using the 'Report Tweet' button in our iPhone app and on mobile Web," it quoted Twitter UK general manager Tony Wang as saying.
CNET also quoted a Twitter representative as saying the ability to report individual tweets for abuse is available on Twitter for iPhone, "and we plan to bring this functionality to other platforms, including Android and the Web."
Outcry
CNET said Twitter's moves may have stemmed from outrage over rape threats received by freelance journalist and feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez.
The abusive tweets reportedly came after she helped campaign to have novelist Jane Austen honored on England's 10-pound banknote in 2017.
Many scored Twitter's current requirement for users to search for details on how to report someone for abuse.
They called for a feature that should be available on each user's page.
CNET said Criado-Perez was pleased by Wang's tweets.
"I'm glad that they're looking into simplifying the report process. This is absolutely paramount. When you're under a sustained attack like I have been for the past 48 hours or so, you simply can't be expected to fill out forms, find the link for each tweet, and explain what is wrong with it. It needs to be a one-click automated process. Under the current system it would take me about a week to report the abuse," she said.
On the other hand, Twitter's representative said the site has rules people agree to when they sign up to use Twitter.
"We will suspend accounts that once reported to us, are found to be in breach of our rules," the representative said. — LBG, GMA News
source: gmanetwork.com
