Twitter adds new options to curb abuse, harassment

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter, long criticized as a hotbed for online harassment, is expanding ways to curb the amount of abuse users see and making it easier to report such conduct.

Twitter said Tuesday that it is expanding a "mute" function that lets people mute accounts they don't want to see tweets from.

While Twitter prohibits "specific conduct that targets people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease," this policy has not been enough to stomp out abuse.