Twitter updates its rules against hateful conduct, will now remove tweets that dehumanize people on the basis of their religion
and even then they are just a fraction of the policy that it originally said it intended to create https://www.nytimes.com/... @komonews : Twitter now prohibits hate speech that targets religious groups by using dehumanizing language, a ban it says may extend to other categories like race and gender. https://komonews.com/... Hemant Mehta / @hemantmehta : Twitter says it'll ban tweets that say things like “[Religious Group] are viruses. They are making this country sick.” Makes sense. Hope they see the difference between that and “Religion is a virus. It's making this country sick.” https://blog.twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/... @hopenothate : Twitter has released a new policy banning dehumanising language on the basis of religion. They have posted a thoughtful explainer below. While (very) overdue, this is a welcome move. But people will be watching closely to see if they actually enforce it. https://blog.twitter.com/... Kelsey Sutton / @kelseymsutton : “Tweets that break this rule sent before today will need to be deleted, but will not directly result in any account suspensions because they were Tweeted before the rule was set.” https://blog.twitter.com/... Oliver Darcy / @oliverdarcy : Twitter does add though that while tweets “that break this rule sent before today will need to be deleted,” they “will not directly result in any account suspensions because they were Tweeted before the rule was set.” https://blog.twitter.com/...