Twitter backtracks on ‘block’ change after #restoretheblock campaign

Twitter has backtracked on a change it made to its “block” function after it faced a user revolt.

The short-lived change meant that blocked users could still view and interact with tweets from the person who blocked them and could no longer see that they had been blocked.

Twitter said this was designed to protect victims of harassment who feared that blocking a user would lead to retaliation.