Twitter plans to hide abusive tweets, block repeat offenders

San Francisco

TWITTER Inc says it has come up with new ways to make abusive tweeters less effective: hiding their content and preventing banned users from creating new accounts.

The updates, detailed in a blog post, come after years of criticism that the company hasn't done enough to combat abuse and harassment. It's part of a new push under chief executive officer Jack Dorsey to clean up the social media service. On Twitter, where people…