Twitter's new 'violent speech' policy similar to past rules

[onthedarkside]

 

Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new policy prohibiting "violent speech" on its platform, though the rules appear very similar to guidelines against violent threats that the company had on its books before Elon Musk took it over.

 

Among the updates, Twitter expanded its policy to include a ban on "coded language," which is often referred to as "dog whistles," used to indirectly incite violence, it also added a rule that prohibits "threatening to damage civilian homes and shelters, or infrastructure that is essential to daily, civic, or business activities."

 

The additions come as San Francisco-based Twitter prepares to comply with new European Union rules that go into effect this fall, the new rules, called the Digital Services Act, require tech companies to better police their platforms for material that, for instance, promotes terrorism, child sexual abuse, hate speech and commercial scams.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/twitters-new-violent-speech-policy-similar-to-past-rules/

 

[OneMoreFarang]

Does that mean they banned Trump again?

Or how violent does is have to be before users are banned?

[SatEng]

It means that anyone threatening to organize protests, like BLM or suchlike - will be banned because there is a possibility it may incite violence to property - however threatening to kidnap or kill a democrat governor will be ok