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Not everyone’s impressed with Twitter’s Oscars commercial

sudshr47 March 5, 2018

Twitter just had an Oscars first: a commercial.

The company ran an ad during the broadcast, celebrating women with the hashtag #HereWeAre. The black-and-white spot featured prominent women from the entertainment industry reading poetry, ending with the words “this is how you create a new world.”

The #HereWeAre hashtag originated at CES when Twitter organized an event featuring women in the tech industry after the trade show insisted that it couldn’t find any women speakers to keynote the annual event.

We stand with women around the world to make their voices heard and their presence known. To bring them front and center, today and every day. Join us as we say #HereWeAre pic.twitter.com/cN2Ik6bZU8

— Twitter (@Twitter) March 4, 2018 Read more…

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Twitter punished loyal Trump supporter and ex-sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr. with read-only mode

sudshr47 January 2, 2018

Twitter has timeouts for users who violate its standards, and it’s been putting them into effect more frequently in the past few weeks.
The latest incident involved David A. Clarke, Jr., the former Milwaukee sheriff and loyal supporter for President …

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Why Twitter banned the bot that unmasked neo-Nazis. (Hint: Neo-Nazis)

sudshr47 December 28, 2017

Twitter’s number one goal in 2017 was curbing abuse and cracking down on hate speech. But when one intrepid Twitter user tried to help with the problem, the company shut down his efforts.

Yair Rosenberg, a senior writer at Tablet Magazine and reporter, with the help of developer Neal Chandra, had created a Twitter account named “Imposter Buster,” Rosenberg wrote in a New York Times op-ed this week.

Rosenberg, who’s a Jewish writer, had covered the 2016 presidential election and was a victim of harassment in part due to his stories, he explained in the New York Times op-ed. Read more…

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The ‘Twitter Purge’ Nazi reckoning has begun. Here are the rules.

sudshr47 December 18, 2017

Twitter has a list. They’re checking it twice.

Well, no, actually, it’s much more complex than that. For the past two years, Twitter has been working with its Trust & Safety Council — a body of experts in online safety — to balance running a platform for free speech with curbing violence and harassment.

On Monday, Twitter put into effect new rules that are, in part, a result of many of those conversations. The rules are a major shift in the company’s policies, which for years erred on the side of letting users post all sorts of vile content. Now, Twitter will take into account user behavior “on and off the platform” as it relates to affiliation with violent organizations. Read more…

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Finally, Twitter shares actual examples of violent and sexual content not allowed

sudshr47 November 3, 2017

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: