The social network said the feature, currently available in 11 countries, directs users to local helpline services if they search for terms such as 'domestic violence' or 'sexual assault'.
The social network said the feature, currently available in 11 countries, directs users to local helpline services if they search for terms such as"domestic violence" or"sexual assault".
"This is the first time that this notification prompt has been made available in multiple locations in multiple languages," said Kathleen Reen, a senior director of Twitter in Asia-Pacific. The prompt was introduced across Asia last week, then expanded to the United States on Wednesday, with notifications in English and Spanish. Next step: Europe and Latin America.
"Twitter is a very popular service during crisis. People come to find out what's happening, what's breaking and to get key information on real-time basis," Reen told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The initiative came after the United Nations warned there had been a"horrifying global surge" in domestic violence, with calls to helplines doubling or tripling in some countries, as lockdowns trapped many women indoors with their abusers.
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