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TWITTER HAS INTRODUCED a ‘report tweet’ button – but it doesn’t appear to have been rolled out on all platforms just yet.
The option appears for Twitter users on iPhones and on Twitter for desktop, and is expected to be available for Android users also. It appears to be being rolled out slowly on all platforms.
Here’s what the report tweet option looks like on desktop:
And on iPhones:
Pic: Aoife Barry/TheJournal.ie
The button was beginning to be rolled out this morning, along with some other changes on the site. These changes include improvements to login verification and photos.
Twitter had said earlier this month that it would be doing more to protect its users against abuse, including introducing a report button, following feedback from users.
The announcement came after a campaign and petition calling for such a button, after a number of high-profile female Twitter users were subjected to abuse on the social networking site.
In one case, a man was arrested after a UK campaigner, Caroline Criado-Perez, was sent abusive tweets.
Twitter’s UK General Manager Tony Wang had personally apologised to women who had received abusive messages through the site.
So I guess it’s time again to turn the screw on the children, elderly and poor mouth of Ireland isn’t it Noonan me old mate.
Those thumbs down must be from noonans family.
Wish they’d turn the screw on tax evaders and spongers off the state!
Ya and who,ll be forking out for that, the children of Ireland, the sick, the elderly, the working. But it’s alrite so long as the government and their banking buddies get to walk around on half a million euro a year?
Why exactly are we being forced into austerity, yet ye,ve the cheek to tell us we need to tighten our belts, yer a fukin joke.
Half a million quid a year for what exactly?
If I got even half a that I’d be sorted for life!
http://www.change.org/petitions/supporting-the-irish-nation-step-down-from-government
Catherine you’ve a filthy tongue on you and it makes your contributions less interesting or credible. Could you wash your mouth out and start again?
Garry..ye sound like a cross between mick “the bull” daly & that priest from song for a raggy boy.
@gerry
A filthy tongue, I cursed once, and when it comes to this shower and their thieving of our money there should be a lot more cursing, there should be flaming uproar but nah I’m sure da fluoride in d water has made people a lot more passive.
A civil war is what’s needed!
http://www.change.org/petitions/supporting-the-irish-nation-step-down-from-government
It’s because you’s are idiots! :)
Before you start a civil war there Catherine i’d advise you to travel to some war torn countries to see the real effects of war.
dear Russian boy
at least we allow free speech.
@david well said! Some perspective is clearly lacking.
@ the 2 David’s
Alrite no bothers sur we,ll sit back and pay billions and billions of money we don’t have, shoulder more of that debt on to our children then and sur what harm we,ll leave the government do whatever they like.
Ya and I’m lacking perspective haha good one!
@ Catherine. I’m afraid the most of the debt comes from the budget deficit and not the bank bailout. The best thing that could have been done in the first place was to balance the budget overnight and get it over with. That would have given people like you alot more to moan about.
@catherine so what is your alternative then? Instead of complaining about the government constantly put forward realistic financially sound alternatives. People might take you more seriously then.
How bout another tax bracket for those earning above 150k, a cap of 100k on salaries of the bankers who essentially failed at their jobs when the state had to bail them out, cuts to foreign aid, overhaul of welfare system that gives out to non Irish citizens, huge cuts to government salaries and expenses and fix this joke situation with the oil n gas sector where companies pay F all tax, can write of 25yrs worth of stuff including exploration and are not obliged to bring it onshore here or use Irish labour.
@Catherine The suggestion of a “civil war” really puts your constructive attitude to problem solving into focus. For a start we as a country are still only getting over the last one 90 years ago. Would you be prepared to risk the lives of your husband, son, father, brother, in the fighting? I don’t think so. Really, are you serious? have you thought of the implications? In my opinion you really need to think about what you are saying. The real costs of a civil war would make the bank bailout billions look like a pittance in comparison.
fingers being pointed to welfare, OAP, and the bottom half of society. Nothing about the billions gone on bondholders and overpaid at the top, bankers still getting massive payouts even tough they constantly mess up and cost billions to the taxpayer. And thumb me down all you want you hypocrites, at the end of the day this country is speeding towards a brick wall and if live in ballymun or foxrock, earn 10k or 100k we are all going to feel the impact when it does crash.
Oh of course they have to blame the Irish, nothing could ever be their falt seen as their so amazing at their job that they,ve even given themselves €497,5000 a year. Int it nice for them!
Remind me exactly why children’s money is getting cut at every opportunity they can yet their giving themselves rises that will also be paid for by the tax payer, but once they,re the one,s living the cushy lives alongside their partners in crime the bankers, a complete and utter disgrace.
Notice how the only thing underspent was in jobs, what exactly happened to enda,s creating 100,000 jobs, think he might have been mixed up and probably meant ta say that he,ll slash them ha.
http://www.change.org/petitions/supporting-the-irish-nation-step-down-from-government
What annoys me Catherine is when one of them sympathises with a business that closes with minimal debts when some of their wages could be sacrificed to save these business’.
@les
Yes but see that wouldn’t be right for them, they prefer to take all the profits and land every one else with the bills!
How many businesses have closed down in Ireland since these fools got into government?
Half of what they are making could have kept some of these alive, but nah they prefer to throw billions of the taxpayers money at their baking buddies and themselves, yet cut money to our healthcare, our guards, our children’s money I mean the barefaced cheek of it like.
A civil war is needed like!
http://www.change.org/petitions/supporting-the-irish-nation-step-down-from-government
@catherine ‘a civil war is needed’ really now in fairness! You honestly think we are in a worse position nationally now compared to 2/3 years ago?
@david
Actually yes I do.
Since 2008 we have had a budget every year, with cuts to social, charges to people’s wages, taxes for anything possible, cuts to our children’s,s money.
And this year is possibly the worst seen as our so called government have decided to give themselves half a million a year, yet they have the Irish people shitting it of budget 2013.
What a joke!
http://www.change.org/petitions/supporting-the-irish-nation-step-down-from-government
So the political parties and a majority of the voters chose yes to the fiscal treaty in order to get access to the ESM funding, and now we’re already down half a billion quid in what’s likely to be the first of many such payments.
Great job, Einsteins
Well we tried to tell them but the yes for jobs brigade won the day.
nah the fiscal treaty was rigged.im convinced 100%.no way it was a yes vote.
So much for looking after the interests and welfare of the many over the few. If paying over money to unsecured rich bond holders and taxing those who cannot afford it over and over is democracy at work in Ireland then roll on communism. If I could I’d leave this country, surrender my passport and never return. Red thumb all you want
Feel the same Max. Generation denial still in power.
This doesnt help either…
TAXPAYERS will fork out more than €500,000 for each TD and senator next year, new figures reveal.
The bill for Oireachtas members, including wages, travel expenses, assistance and general running costs of Leinster House, is estimated to be €115,590,000 in 2012.
That works out at €508,000 for the 166 deputies and 60 senators when the €717,000 cost of members of the European Parliament — who are paid via Leinster House — are excluded.
However, the overall Oireachtas cost is down from an estimated €127m for 2011.
Despite “austerity” being the watchword when it comes to tax rises and spending cuts, the travel expenses bill for TDs and senators is set to soar next year to €5,247,000 from €4,839,000 this year.
Other expenses and allowances for Oireachtas members will hit €7,765,000 in 2012.
The salary bill for TDs and senators alone comes in at nearly €20m for next year, while travel costs for members of the Oireachtas is set to top €5m in 2012.
Ireland, a bust country receiving bailout, pays into the ESM. You could not make this stuff up.
Cut public sector pay to bring in line with private sector,cut half these middle mangers in most departments,cut waste and tell Germany and merkel to stop bullshi ng around give us a deal or not.if the country has to borrow every year things ain’t going to get any better
@eoghan and were you calling for public sector pay to be increased substantially in line with the private sector during the Celtic Tiger?
Eoghan, for my pay to be in line with the equivalent in the private sector, id get a pay rise. How dya feel about that?!
Excise duty is one of the highest in Europe, it’s now counter productive. Same school of economics as VHI and CIE. He’ll still put up fuel and alcohol in the budget. Dope.
Its time to do something about the lower class we seem to have in this country. You know the cradle to grave welfare recipients and their kids who perpetuate the cycle. We have how many non irish people working in jobs like McDonalds and in other similar jobs. Why not cap migration and get our own doing these jobs?
If theyve never paid tax then they shouldnt get any welfare. No allowances for the 3rd or subsequent child. Proper subsidised childcare so people can actually work when they have kids.
Appraisals in the public sector so people can actually be sacked, receive warnings or get their increments depending on their work record.
A new tax rate or two for those on 100k and up should help close the gap too. No more overseas aid while we are broke. A cut off point for welfare should be introduced too, no more migrants coming here getting our dole, no more welfare payments for kids not in the state, tighter immigration controls and try and get this country and its people back to some sort of sense of pride.
We are in the sh*t and people are sinking further and further into despair except for those who never contributed yet still get free housing and welfare payments. Its the working person and those who lost their jobs who suffers in this country.
Agree totally except for one point. There are no Irish working in jobs like McDonald’s because they thought they were to good for them during “the boom”. Now they would take it any day.
You have some good points there but I don’t agree with all of them. There is work out there. People just don’t want to work hard for lower pay than they got back in the good days. I was in construction and since 2008 have worked in a low paid job, went back to collage and retrained and look forward to the future. It’s hard to make a living it doesn’t come as easy as people would like it to. And before I get red thumbs yes I’m in negative equity and that’s not going to go away any time soon. I guess my point is there is work out there maybe just not the work you want so get up get out and try
I ‘ve said it enough times give them a travel pass to go to the D?il and also cut their turning up to work allowance firstly then make them pay tax prsi and usc on their expenses and then let being on a committee be an honour not a privilege.that should get down the Oireacthas bill I think
It’s be interesting to see how much cost year in and year out for the pensions of past and present politicians.
it must be a crazy amount considering b******ahern’s alone is up on ?100K yearly and coming directly from the state.
So ” if the trend continues” as you quote it will have significant impact in the upcoming Budget? More softening up of the hard pressed taxpayer before the event seems likely.
I have a feeling there going to have a pop at another VAT increase. It has become a major “ole fateful” to revenue because its hard to get around not paying VAT. Motor tax and increases to the carbon tax so petrol and gas can be increased. Its scary to think we have at least 8 more main budgets and 6-7 mini budgets to go.
Mr Know
I have a feeling , that they will do away with our low corporation tax …. It is just a feeling .
€1.3 billion in interest! Are they havin a giraffe?
A civil war might be a solution 200 years ago but not the flavor of this century. Instead the Irish need to protest their views, get on the streets. If you sit back you accomplish nothing and just take what they give. Even if you do damage control its accomplished something. The government will be attacking the social welfare no doubt this year so the question is what can you do to prevent this or at least minimize the cuts.
Our family packed the bags and left the country as couldn’t bare the thought of living there for the next decade even though we didn’t want to leave. We read about Ireland every day and can’t believe what that government is getting away with.
Stop voting for them. Pick anybody but the bought and paid for parties. They are there to keep you quiet. Its is better not to vote than go give it to traitors. Your ancestors didn’t die to get a vote for you to waste on a fixed race where all the horses gave the same owner. The bankers.
Let’s face it guys. Ireland is run by a bloody useless, self serving, corrupt and greedy hierarchy. Filling their own pockets from the moment of their election. However These incompetent buffoons were put there by an electorate who would believe pigs could fly again and again. Unfortunately there’s no one else to vote for that has a clue. Talk away why don’t ya but it’s you and your families who’ll be taking it up the kyber for generations to come unless people stand together and say ENOUGH
Everyone must vote independent and put yourself forward. Its time now to start a campaign. “Vote Independent”. Break up the banking cartel on both sides of the dail …
is there anything to be said for another mass?
Speaking of the rising debt and pretty much constant deficit (adjusted for once off measures for bank bond holder payments and bank repayments ofcservice fees the deficit is more or less where it was in 2009), the question is: where on the government books are the unfunded public sector pension liabilities? The answer is: nowhere, and that is the elephant in the room and the root of the next fiscal crisis.
Is this all in the 5 year plan? I wonder how that’s coming along anyway!
Enda’s real five year plan had only one aim do everything he can to stay in power for five years so he and his cronies could feather their nests even more.
I ‘ve said it enough times give them a travel pass to go to the D?il and also cut their turning up to work allowance firstly then make them pay tax prsi and usc on their expenses and then let being on a ocommittee be an honour not a privilege.that should get down the Oireacthas bill I think
This is bad news because it will only serve Kenny’s justification to pay the bondholders. It will also sustain the gravy train. Under-declaration of tax liabilities is often used as a strike against the Government in many other countries. If Ireland is to grow, it must stop paying bondholders.
Where has my comment gone?
I’m rereading FG’s extraordinary crap leaflets on the fiscal treaty, no mention in their ‘facts” section on having to hand over this money…consistent with the lies though – kudos.
What was the problem. Not the first time
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