Twitter launch new rules blocking users from sharing private images of other people without their consent, in a tightening of the network’s policy just a day after it change CEOs. As per new rules, people who are not public figures can ask Twitter to take down pictures or video of them that they report were post without permission.
Beginning today, we will not allow the sharing of private media, such as images or videos of private individuals without their consent. Publishing people's private info is also prohibited under the policy, as is threatening or incentivizing others to do so.https://t.co/7EXvXdwegG
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) November 30, 2021
As Twitter said this policy does not apply to “public figures or individuals when media and accompanying tweet text are share in the public interest or add value to public discourse.”
Twitter Said :
“We will always try to assess the context in which the content is shared and, in such cases, we may allow the images or videos to remain on the service,”.
The right of Internet users to appeal to platforms when images or data about them are post by third parties, especially for malicious purposes, has been debate for years.
Twitter Said :
Twitter already prohibite the publication of private information such as a person’s phone number or address, but there are “growing concerns” about the use of content to “harass, intimidate, and reveal the identities of individuals,” .
The company note a “disproportionate effect on women, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities.”
High-profile examples of online harassment include the barrages of racist, sexist,and homophobic abuse on Twitch, the world’s biggest video game streaming site.
But instances of harassment abound, and victims must often wage lengthy fights to see hurtful, insulting or illegally produce images of themselves remove from the online platforms.
Some Twitter users pushed the company to clarify exactly how the tightened policy would work.
The change came the day after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announce he was leaving the company, and give CEO duties to company executive Parag Agrawal.
The platform, like other social media networks, has struggle against bullying, misinformation, and hate-fuelled content.
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