Technology to track abusive comments

Alphabet Inc's Google and its subsidiary Jigsaw on Thursday launched a new technology to assist news organizations and online platforms in identifying abusive comments on their websites.

The technology, called Perspective, will review comments and score them based on how similar they are to comments people considered "toxic" or likely to make them leave a conversation.

It has been tested on the New York Times and the companies hope to extend it to other news organizations such as The Guardian and The Economist, as well as websites.