Twitter toughens guidelines on harassment
Twitter Inc plans to toughen its rules on online harassment and impose stronger penalties for misconduct, according to an email it sent to a group of safety advocates, academics and researchers that helps the social media service set its policies.
Twitter Inc plans to toughen its rules on online harassment and impose stronger penalties for misconduct, according to an email it sent to a group of safety advocates, academics and researchers that helps the social media service set its policies.
The new rules, which will likely be introduced in the next few weeks, are aimed at tackling one of Twitter's biggest and long-lasting problems. They follow a series of tweets by Chief Executive Jack Dorsey on Friday (October 13) announcing plans to act more aggressively to limit the number of bullies and harassers using Twitter.
The new guidelines include immediate and permanent suspensions of any account Twitter identifies as the original poster or source of non-consensual nudity. The site's definition of non-consensual nudity will also be expanded to include what it called "upskirt imagery, creep shots and hidden camera content."
The rules were set out in a letter to Twitter's Trust and Safety Council from Twitter's head of safety policy.
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