2023-04-26
Transparency is fundamental to everything we do at Twitter. As we review our approach to transparency reporting for the future, today we're publishing our 21st report, with data on our policy enforcement for the first half of 2022. Read more here: https://blog.twitter.com/...
Reuters
Twitter says governments globally made ~53K content removal requests in H1 2022, and the company had users remove 6.5M+ pieces of content, up 29% from H2 2021
Sheila Dang / Reuters :
2023-04-19
We're adding more transparency to the enforcement actions we take on Tweets. As a first step, soon you'll start to see labels on some Tweets identified as potentially violating our rules around Hateful Conduct letting you know that we've limited their visibility. 🧵... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Twitter quietly altered its hateful conduct policy to remove long-standing protections for transgender users, including prohibiting “misgendering or deadnaming”
Twitter has quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for its transgender users …
These actions will be taken at a tweet level only and will not affect a user's account. Restricting the reach of Tweets helps reduce binary “leave up versus take down” content moderation decisions and supports our freedom of speech vs freedom of reach approach.
The Verge
Twitter plans to introduce labels on tweets for which the company has limited searchability or visibility due to a violation of its hateful conduct policy
Jay Peters / The Verge :
We're adding more transparency to the enforcement actions we take on Tweets. As a first step, soon you'll start to see labels on some Tweets identified as potentially violating our rules around Hateful Conduct letting you know that we've limited their visibility. 🧵... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Twitter plans to introduce labels on tweets for which the company has limited searchability or visibility due to a violation of its hateful conduct policy
Jay Peters / The Verge :
These actions will be taken at a tweet level only and will not affect a user's account. Restricting the reach of Tweets helps reduce binary “leave up versus take down” content moderation decisions and supports our freedom of speech vs freedom of reach approach.
The Verge
Twitter quietly altered its hateful conduct policy to remove long-standing protections for transgender users, including prohibiting “misgendering or deadnaming”
Twitter has quietly altered its Hateful Conduct Policy to remove long-standing protections for its transgender users …
2023-04-18
We're adding more transparency to the enforcement actions we take on Tweets. As a first step, soon you'll start to see labels on some Tweets identified as potentially violating our rules around Hateful Conduct letting you know that we've limited their visibility. 🧵... https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Twitter plans to introduce labels on tweets for which the company has limited searchability or visibility due to a violation of its hateful conduct policy
Jay Peters / The Verge :
These actions will be taken at a tweet level only and will not affect a user's account. Restricting the reach of Tweets helps reduce binary “leave up versus take down” content moderation decisions and supports our freedom of speech vs freedom of reach approach.
The Verge
Twitter plans to introduce labels on tweets for which the company has limited searchability or visibility due to a violation of its hateful conduct policy
Jay Peters / The Verge :
2023-03-01
Twitter has a zero-tolerance approach towards Violent Speech, and in most cases, we will suspend any account violating this policy. For less severe violations, we may require you to delete the content before you can access your account again.
Engadget
Twitter reverses its violent speech policy to ban users from voicing “wishes of harm” on people and adds rules on threats of damaging homes and infrastructure
Twitter is once again tightening its rules around what users are permitted to say on the platform.
We've made a few changes to our policies around violent content and similar language. Today, we've officially launched our Violent Speech policy, which prohibits violent threats, wishes of harm, glorification of violence, and incitement of violence. 🧵
Engadget
Twitter reverses its violent speech policy to ban users from voicing “wishes of harm” on people and adds rules on threats of damaging homes and infrastructure
Twitter is once again tightening its rules around what users are permitted to say on the platform.
2023-01-29
Going forward, we will take less severe actions, such as limiting the reach of policy-violating Tweets or asking you to remove Tweets before you can continue using your account. Account suspension will be reserved for severe or ongoing, repeat violations of our policies.
The Verge
Twitter plans to take “less severe actions” against rule-breaking accounts, like limiting the reach of tweets, and reserve suspensions for severe violations
Mitchell Clark / The Verge :
As we shared earlier, we have been proactively reinstating previously suspended accounts. Starting February 1, anyone can appeal an account suspension and be evaluated under our new criteria for reinstatement. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Twitter plans to take “less severe actions” against rule-breaking accounts, like limiting the reach of tweets, and reserve suspensions for severe violations
Mitchell Clark / The Verge :
We did not reinstate accounts that engaged in illegal activity, threats of harm or violence, large-scale spam and platform manipulation, or when there was no recent appeal to have the account reinstated.
The Verge
Twitter plans to take “less severe actions” against rule-breaking accounts, like limiting the reach of tweets, and reserve suspensions for severe violations
Mitchell Clark / The Verge :
2023-01-28
We did not reinstate accounts that engaged in illegal activity, threats of harm or violence, large-scale spam and platform manipulation, or when there was no recent appeal to have the account reinstated.
The Verge
Twitter will take less severe action against rule-breaking accounts, like limiting the reach of tweets; suspensions will be reserved for severe violations
Twitter is promising that it'll take “less severe actions” when disciplining accounts that break its rules; it'll only suspend Twitter accounts …
Going forward, we will take less severe actions, such as limiting the reach of policy-violating Tweets or asking you to remove Tweets before you can continue using your account. Account suspension will be reserved for severe or ongoing, repeat violations of our policies.
The Verge
Twitter will take less severe action against rule-breaking accounts, like limiting the reach of tweets; suspensions will be reserved for severe violations
Twitter is promising that it'll take “less severe actions” when disciplining accounts that break its rules; it'll only suspend Twitter accounts …
As we shared earlier, we have been proactively reinstating previously suspended accounts. Starting February 1, anyone can appeal an account suspension and be evaluated under our new criteria for reinstatement. https://twitter.com/...
The Verge
Twitter will take less severe action against rule-breaking accounts, like limiting the reach of tweets; suspensions will be reserved for severe violations
Twitter is promising that it'll take “less severe actions” when disciplining accounts that break its rules; it'll only suspend Twitter accounts …
2023-01-04
Moving forward, we will align our advertising policy with that of TV and other media outlets. As with all policy changes, we will first ensure that our approach to reviewing and approving content protects people on Twitter. We'll share more details as this work progresses.
New York Times
Twitter plans to relax its longstanding ban on cause-based ads in the US and will expand the political advertising the company permits in the coming weeks
Elon Musk's social media service said it would begin to permit cause-based advertising to “facilitate public conversation around important topics.”
2022-12-15
We've updated our Private Information policy to prohibit sharing someone else's live location in most cases. Here's what changed and why. 🧵
New York Times
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including suspending accounts “dedicated to sharing someone else's live location”
The suspended accounts include one that followed the private plane of Elon Musk, Twitter's owner.
You can still share your own live location on Twitter. Tweets that share someone else's historical (not same-day) location information are also not prohibited by this policy.
New York Times
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including suspending accounts “dedicated to sharing someone else's live location”
The suspended accounts include one that followed the private plane of Elon Musk, Twitter's owner.
When someone shares an individual's live location on Twitter, there is an increased risk of physical harm. Moving forward, we'll remove Tweets that share this information, and accounts dedicated to sharing someone else's live location will be suspended.
New York Times
Twitter updates its private information and media policy with new rules, including suspending accounts “dedicated to sharing someone else's live location”
The suspended accounts include one that followed the private plane of Elon Musk, Twitter's owner.
2022-08-31
Today we're rolling out Twitter Circle! This lets you choose on a Tweet-by-Tweet basis who can see your Tweets—everyone or only those in your circle. https://twitter.com/...
TechCrunch
Twitter releases its Circle feature out of beta on iOS, Android, and the web, letting users tweet to smaller, selected groups of up to 150 people
here's how it works Karissa Bell / Engadget : Twitter Circle is launching for your hottest takes and most unpopular opinions Timi Cantisano / XDA Developers : Twitter Circle launch...