There's a tweet in the story that was the first thing I thought about this too. You now this will be highly political.
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New anti-abuse rules for Twitter will mean the end of "hateful display names," the company said on Thursday.
How this will work in practice still isn't clear. But the company has released a timetable of the upcoming rule changes, which will start to take effect next week.
On Oct. 27, Twitter will begin enforcing stricter actions to shut down accounts tweeting non-consensual nudity. Then on Nov. 3, the new rules will also crack down on violent groups and hateful imagery.
Accounts belonging to groups "that use violence to advance their cause" will be suspended, Twitter said in its Thursday post. Meanwhile, hateful imagery and symbols will be banned from avatars and profile headers.
The only question is which groups and hateful symbols will be affected by the new rules. So far, Twitter hasn't said.
That may spark more controversy for Twitter, which has tried to promote free speech while also combating abuse on the platform.
witter announced the new rules after it faced a one-day boycott last week for temporarily disabling the account of actress Rose McGowan, who was using the platform to call out sexual abuse claims in Hollywood.
Critics claimed that Twitter had unfairly applied its rules to silence a voice behind an important cause. In response, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said his company was going to take a stronger stance against sexual harassment and hate circulating on the platform. The company also intends to be more transparent over how Twitter enforces its rules.
"Far too often in the past we've said we'd do better and promised transparency but have fallen short in our efforts," Twitter said in its Thursday post explaining the timetable. "This is the first time we've shared this level of visibility into our work, and we hope it helps build trust along the way."
In addition to the rule changes, Twitter will incorporate a better process to help bystanders report abusive interactions on the platform. It'll also share examples of hateful imagery and symbols once the policy is finalized.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/356912/tw...m_medium=title
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