Elon Musk: The newly appointed CEO of Twitter, hinted at yet another significant change to the regulations on Monday, stressing that they will “develop over time” in the wake of the company’s $44 billion acquisition and subsequent layoffs of half of the 7,500 employees of the microblogging site.
“Twitter rules will evolve over time, but they’re currently the following,” Musk wrote.
Twitter’s handling of abusive behaviour and objectionable content on the network has drawn criticism in the past, which prompted the firm to modify its policies.
By writing, “”Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended,” Musk earlier made it clear what he thought of impersonators.
Violence, harassment, and other similar behaviours prevent people from expressing themselves and ultimately reduce the value of public discourse globally, according to Twitter’s rules page. With the new guidelines, the firm wants to guarantee that everyone may take part in group talks in safety and without restriction.
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The full list of Twitter’s new policies is as follows:
Violence: Threats of violence against specific people or groups are not allowed. Additionally forbidden on Twitter is the glorification of violence.
Terrorism/violent extremism: Posts that advocate violence or threaten terrorism are forbidden.
Child sexual exploitation: The company does not engage in the sexual exploitation of children on this platform.
Abuse/Harassment: Users may not encourage other persons to engage in targeted harassment. Including wanting to hurt someone physically.
Hateful behaviour: Users are not permitted to threaten, harass, or encourage violence against anybody based on their race, ethnicity, nationality, caste, sexual orientation, gender, or gender identity, as well as their age, handicap, and serious medical conditions.
Attackers: Twitter may remove Tweets that advocate or link to manifestos or other information published by the attackers. Accounts created by people who engage in terrorism, violent extremism, or large-scale acts of violence will also be deleted.
Self-harm or suicide: Neither the advocacy nor encouragement of self-harm or suicide is allowed.
Adult content and graphic violence: Live broadcasts, as well as the use of such images as profile or banner images, are not permitted when they contain explicit content. Media that normalises or otherwise promotes sexual assault or other forms of violence is also prohibited.
Spam and platform manipulation: Spam and platform manipulation are forbidden, including the use of Twitter’s services to artificially amplify or suppress information. Users are also barred from interfering with other users’ use of Twitter.
Civic Integrity: Twitter services may not be utilised to interfere with, sway, or influence elections or political campaigns. Distributing information that dissuades people from participating or provides them with incorrect information regarding the place, time, and manner in which to exercise their right to vote or other civic rights is part of this.
Misleading and Deceptive Identities: Users may not assume the identity of another person, group, or organisation in order to avoid misleading, confounding, or deceiving other users or interfering with their use of Twitter.
Media that has been artificially created or edited: Users are not allowed to deceptively distribute anything that has been created or edited with the intention of harming others. We may additionally tag Tweets that contain falsified or changed content in order to further help users assess the legitimacy of the content and provide context.
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Copyright and trademarks: It’s against the law to infringe on these rights. Learn more about our trademark and copyright policies.
Private information: Without the owner’s permission, private information (like a person’s home phone number or address) should never be published publicly or posted by users. On Twitter, it’s also forbidden to threaten or prod users into disclosing personal information.
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