Twitter Boosts Reporting Feature to Plug Personal Data Sharing

Twitter added to efforts to address concerns over privacy protection on social media, according to Bloomberg. In a tweet from its safety handle, the company announced an update to its abuse reporting functions, allowing users to specify personal information issues, with a GIF showing step-by-step instructions.

The social media company tweeted an image on its main account showing a speech bubble containing an ellipsis, which is used to signify a message being typed. Twitter’s move comes a day after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to rebuild some of the company’s features with a focus on private communications.

Twitter’s first-quarter sales forecast last month indicated tepid user growth, suggesting that improvement efforts hadn’t yet done much to expand its audience. The stock has gained 4.8 percent since the start of the year, though is still 37 percent below the multi-year high it reached last June.