Twitter protects Parkland shooting survivors from online harassment - Business Insider

Twitter announced it will be using "anti-spam" and "anti-abuse" tools to protect survivors of the Parkland shooting from harassment on its platform, along with verifying several of the students' accounts.

The survivors of the shooting had been targeted for harassment, with several conspiracy theories circulating on social media that the survivors are paid actors, or that the shooting itself was a "false flag."

Several of the Parkland shooting survivors have become outspoken critics of the gun lobby.