Twitter Taps Canada as Test Market for New ‘Hide’ Tweet Feature

Twitter Taps Canada as Test Market for New ‘Hide’ Tweet Feature
People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw on Sept. 27, 2013. Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo/Reuters
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OTTAWA—Twitter launched an experiment in Canada Thursday to give users in this country the ability to hide replies to tweets on its social-media platform, in a bid, the company says, to give users more control over conversations.

The timing comes as social media platforms like Twitter have faced increasing government pressure to police their services better, particularly ahead of this fall’s federal election.