New strict Twitter abuse rules may finally silence Donald Trump
Twitter’s strict new rules may limit what Trump can say (Picture: Getty Images) Twitter is now enfor..
Twitter is now enforcing stricter policies on violent and abusive content like hateful images or symbols, including those attached to user profiles.
The social media giant said in a blog post that it will start enforcing its updated guidelines on Monday, a month after first announcing them.
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Twitter will weigh hateful imagery in the same way it does graphic violence and adult content on its site. That means users may not use such imagery in live video or profile and header images.
If a user posts hateful symbols or images, it must be marked ‘sensitive media’. Other users would then see a warning that would allow them to decide whether to view the post.
Twitter is also prohibiting users from abusing or threatening others through their profile information, including usernames.
A spokesperson explained: ‘Any account that abuses or threatens others through their profile information, including their username, display name, or profile bio.
‘If an account’s profile information includes a violent threat or multiple slurs, epithets, racist or sexist tropes, incites fear, or reduces someone to less than human, it will be permanently suspended. We plan to develop internal tools to help us identify violating accounts to supplement user reports.’
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It is not clear exactly what sort of content constitutes the above and warrants account suspension.
President Donald Trump has been known to engage in somewhat abusive and racist behavior on Twitter.
He has repeatedly referred to Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren as ‘Pocahontas’.
Pocahontas just stated that the Democrats, lead by the legendary Crooked Hillary Clinton, rigged the Primaries! Lets go FBI & Justice Dept.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 3, 2017
He wrote: ‘Pocahontas just stated that the Democrats, lead by the legendary Crooked Hillary Clinton, rigged the Primaries! Lets go FBI; Justice Dept.’
It was used in reference to her self-proclaimed Native American background (that has never been proven).
It is not known if this, for example, would constitute a racial slur in Twitter’s books.
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