Twitter to introduce ability to stop people replying to tweets

Measure is aimed at preventing antisocial behaviour and improving quality of discussion

Twitter users will be able to prevent others from replying to their tweets, the company has announced, in a move it hopes will prevent antisocial behaviour on the platform while improving the quality of conversation for all.

But the new features could undercut the social network's ambition to prevent the spread of misinformation. It is unclear how Twitter intends to reconcile the two goals.