Twitter is making changes which should make it easier and quicker for users to report abuse or flag inappropriate content.
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Snapchat escapes Australian cyberbullying crackdown, for now
Australia’s cyberbullying crackdown won’t see the country putting any legal muscle into forcing “smaller” social media firms like Snapchat to take down harassing content, a Parliament spokesman said on Tuesday. 
User-shaming robot Pic Nix banned by Instagram
The plus: it used a nifty, Arduino-powered xy plotter that mimicked a human hand keying in an Instagram post on an actual iPhone. The minus: the “Rube Goldberg for the passive aggressive” allowed users to diss each other’s posts without having the ‘nads to do it to people’s faces’. 
Is Facebook coming for your kids?
It’s once again filed a patent application for a system that lets children sign up with the authorisation of a parent, as opposed to just slipping through the cracks by lying about their age. Is Facebook doing enough to keep them safe? 
Facebook introduces Bullying Prevention Centre for UK, Europe
The new center offers a reporting flow that’s smarter about language (e.g. don’t use the term “report” with kids – it makes them feel like stool pigeons) and offers kids the option of getting help from someone in their circle if they need it. 