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Twitter rolls out "quality filter" - and not a moment too soon

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Mary Bruno
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"Twitter can be a cesspool of bullying," writes TechCrunch's Catherine Shu. So vile at times that Twitter CEO Dick Costolo allowed in an internal memo that tweeters are actually fleeing the platform. But wait. Twitter's new “quality filter” to the rescue. It will eventually let users filter out the icky tweets. Twitter told TechCrunch that the bouncer is only available to "verified users on iOS." For now.

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Mary Bruno

By Mary Bruno

Mary was Crosscut's Editor-in-Chief and Interim Publisher. In more than 25 years as a journalist, she has worked as a writer, editor and editorial director for a variety of print and web publications,