Even after 11 years of existence, Twitter is still trying to explain the basics of the product.
New ads, released Wednesday, show two scenarios of two different men joining the social network and struggling to understand what to do next. Comedi…
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Twitter basically just admitted it doesn’t understand its own policies
Twitter doesn’t understand its own policies.
That’s the only conclusion to draw from the company’s bizarre change of course today in regards to Donald Trump’s Twitter account. One day after saying that it didn’t remove Trump’s retweets of far-right a…
Twitter gives neo-Nazis, racists Dec. 18 deadline—and could then kick them out entirely
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Twitter is cracking down on hate speech and not just by looking at its own site.
In what amounts to a major shift in Twitter policy, the company announced on Friday that it will be monitoring user’s behavior “on and off the platform” and will suspend a user’s account if they affiliate with violent organizations, according to an update to Twitter’s Help Center on Friday.
“You also may not affiliate with organizations that — whether by their own statements or activity both on and off the platform — use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes,” the update reads. Read more…
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Inside the reckoning of the alt-right on Twitter
Twitter gave Jason Kessler a blue checkmark last week.
That might not sound noteworthy to someone removed from the daily drama of Twitter, but that single decision reinvigorated one of Twitter’s oldest controversies: that neo-Nazis, white supremacist…
Square Cash is letting some users buy and sell Bitcoin
Square is testing cryptocurrency support in their Cash app, according to TechCrunch reader Zach Miles on Twitter and confirmed by the company. The trial, which seems to only be available right now to a small number of users, lets you buy and sell…
View More Square Cash is letting some users buy and sell BitcoinTwitter must fix verification, but there are no easy solutions
“The system is broken.”
That’s how Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey described the current verification system in the wake of the social media service adding the coveted blue checkmark to Jason Kessler.
Twitter’s tone-deaf decision to acknowledge Kessler…
Twitter pauses verification requests in wake of white supremacy scandal
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Hoping to get verified on Twitter? Don’t bother trying right now.
Twitter is pausing all general verification requests, the company announced Thursday. The decision comes days after Twitter verified Jason Kessler, the organizer of the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville that resulted in the death of counterprotester Heather Heyer.
That move was seen by some as an endorsement of white supremacy. “Twitter is directly enabling white supremacy and white nationalist ideology,” wrote The Root‘s Monique Judge.
Twitter has argued that isn’t the case. Verification, similar to the badge on Facebook and Instagram, is intended to show people who’s real versus an unconfirmed account that could be a parody or imposter account. Read more…
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View More Twitter pauses verification requests in wake of white supremacy scandalWhat 280 characters means for Twitter’s future
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At its core, the internet as we know it exists in a state of permanent contradiction where everything both simultaneously lasts forever and is constantly in flux.
It’s perhaps fitting then that Twitter, the social media service most identified with brevity, has doubled the upper character limit its users can tweet, while at the same time insisting the fundamental change in no way alters its essence.
But can Twitter thrive in this liminal state of concise and verbose, and what does the change mean for a platform that struggles to add real users at the same time it fails to identify and delete fake ones? Read more…
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Finally, Twitter shares actual examples of violent and sexual content *not* allowed
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Listen up, tweeps and President Trump—Twitter has some new tips on what not to post.
On Friday, Twitter added specific examples of “graphic violence” and “adult content” that would not be allowed on the site.
Twitter’s policy against violent and sexual content is not brand new, but the company’s never been so transparent about what it categorizes under each of these categories. The updates were shared via a blog post Friday.
For graphic violence, Twitter lists depictions of:
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the moment at which someone dies
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gruesome crime or accident scenes
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bodily harm, torture, dismemberment, or mutilation Read more…
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View More Finally, Twitter shares actual examples of violent and sexual content *not* allowedFinally, Twitter shares actual examples of violent and sexual content *not* allowed
Listen up, tweeps and President Trump—Twitter has some new tips on what not to post.
On Friday, Twitter added specific examples of “graphic violence” and “adult content” that would not be allowed on the site.
Twitter’s policy against violent and sexual content is not brand new, but the company’s never been so transparent about what it categorizes under each of these categories. The updates were shared via a blog post Friday.
For graphic violence, Twitter lists depictions of:
-
the moment at which someone dies
-
gruesome crime or accident scenes
-
bodily harm, torture, dismemberment, or mutilation Read more…
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View More Finally, Twitter shares actual examples of violent and sexual content *not* allowed