Twitter will add a button to all major versions of its software to make it easier to report offensive or abusive posts.
Del Harvey, the company's head of trust and safety, made the announcement in a blog post titled "We hear you", on Monday in the UK.
It follows an online petition for a crackdown on abusive tweets after hundreds of rape threats were directed at Caroline Criado-Perez, an activist who campaigned to keep women on UK banknotes.
The petition on the website change.org has attracted nearly 70,000 signatures, and says abuse on Twitter "frequently goes ignored".
"It's (sic) current reporting system is below required standards", requiring users to "search for details on how to report someone for abuse".
