--- description: The Twitter feature targets spam and threatening tweets title: Twitter Rolls Out ‘Quality Filter’ to Combat Abuse image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Twitter Rolls Out ‘Quality Filter’ to Combat Abuse ## Video: 30 Second Tech Trick: How To Beat Twitter's 140 Character Limit [Watch (HLS stream): 30 Second Tech Trick: How To Beat Twitter's 140 Character Limit](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/syrPXCgJ.m3u8) (0:34)  _Published 2014-12-08. Here’s a crafty way to break the Twitter limit: Just type out a super-long tweet, take a screenshot of it, and post that screenshot. Boom! You’ve beaten the limit_ by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2015 7:45 PM CUT by [Victor Luckerson](/author/victor-luckerson/) ## Victor Luckerson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2015 7:45 PM CUT Some lucky Twitter users soon [won’t have to see tweets that are spammy or abusive](http://mashable.com/2015/03/24/twitter-content-filter/ "undefined"). The social network is rolling out a new feature called the “quality filter,” which will automatically screen out Twitter mentions that come from suspicious accounts, are abusive or threatening or contain duplicate content. The tweets won’t be deleted from Twitter but they will no longer show up in the recipient’s list of notifications. The feature will only be available to verified users, according to Mashable. The move marks the latest step in Twitter’s campaign to combat abuse on the social network. In December the company introduced [new tools](http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/twitter-improves-tools-for-users-to-report-harassment/ "undefined") to let users more easily report instances of abuse. \[[_Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2015/03/24/twitter-content-filter/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3756861/twitter-quality-filter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3756861/twitter-quality-filter/"},"headline":"Twitter Rolls Out ‘Quality Filter’ to Combat Abuse","datePublished":"2015-03-24T19:45:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:43.818Z","description":"Feature targets spam and threatening tweets","url":"https://time.com/3756861/twitter-quality-filter/","keywords":["Tech","Social Media","twitter","privacy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Victor Luckerson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/victor-luckerson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3756861/twitter-quality-filter/","name":"Twitter Rolls Out ‘Quality Filter’ to Combat Abuse"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"30 Second Tech Trick: How To Beat Twitter's 140 Character Limit","description":"Here’s a crafty way to break the Twitter limit: Just type out a super-long tweet, take a screenshot of it, and post that screenshot. Boom! You’ve beaten the limit","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/syrPXCgJ/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-08T21:12:21.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/syrPXCgJ.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3756861/twitter-quality-filter/","duration":"PT34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3756861/twitter-quality-filter/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```