Banning those people from Twitter would do plenty.
Every bit of harm makes things worse. Ergo, every time we eliminate some bit of harm, we make things better.
The Twitter harassment is obviously material, because a) many accounts of harassment mention it clearly, and b) the harassers do it because it works.
Further, the harassment shows obvious patterns of escalation. It is entirely reasonable to believe that if the harassers get no oxygen on Twitter, there will be less escalation.
Every bit of harm makes things worse. Ergo, every time we eliminate some bit of harm, we make things better.
The Twitter harassment is obviously material, because a) many accounts of harassment mention it clearly, and b) the harassers do it because it works.
Further, the harassment shows obvious patterns of escalation. It is entirely reasonable to believe that if the harassers get no oxygen on Twitter, there will be less escalation.