Twitter starts using IBM's Watson technology to help identify bullies who tweet

Twitter wants to do a better job of policing bullies who tweet, and Twitter vice-president of data strategy Chris Moody declared from the keynote stage at IBM's InterConnect conference this week that it is using IBM Watson technology to help meet that challenge. "We have had some abuse on the platform. We've talked very publicly in the in the last few months and said our number 1 priority is stop the abuse," he said. Twitter announced updates earlier this month to help reduce abusive content, by being more proactive in identifying those who use Twitter to harass others. The company explained the recent updates in a blog post that made clear how it could intervene earlier when it sees abuse.