Until now, tweets that violated the company's rules, such as hate speech, were only deleted on Twitter. This is now changing following criticism that the company is taking too lax action against hate speech.
The microblogging service Twitter will make tweets from users who violate the company's rules inaccessible in the future and will also label them with the link "This tweet is no longer available because it violates the Twitter rules." The measure is the latest in a series of efforts to remove disturbing or offensive tweets from the Internet. Twitter has always been heavily criticized in the past. The company is not doing enough to combat offensive or hateful content.
Simply deleting it is no longer possible
When Twitter is alerted to a tweet that violates the rules, the service uses several criteria to check whether it violates the rules. If that is the case, the ban follows. Other users can then see whose tweet has been blocked. Previously, offensive content was simply deleted. They could no longer be attributed to the authors.
First, the author of an offensive text is asked to delete it on their own initiative. As long as he doesn't comply with the request, he won't be able to post any further tweets. In addition, Twitter will show for 14 days who has posted a tweet that contradicts the service's rules. Every follower can see this.
Offensive things are hidden
Twitter wants to better protect those who speak out. Someone who reports a text that is offensive or offensive, or if it is spam or even cyberbullying, usually no longer wants to see it. Twitter then hides it from the respective user with the comment: “You reported this tweet”. If he changes his mind and wants to take another look at the branded text, there is a “View” function.
The stricter measures are intended to ensure that offensive tweets, false reports, hate speech and cyber bullying disappear from the Internet. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced the new measures about a month ago during a US Senate committee hearing. His company is in the process of improving transparency and disclosing suspended Twitter accounts.
Source: press release
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