Twitter has announced that as part of its ongoing efforts to build tools with privacy and security at the core, it is updating its existingprivate information policy, expanding its scope to include ‘private media’.
Expanding Twitter’s private information policy
Under the platform’s existing policy, publishing other people’s private information, such as phone numbers, addresses, and IDs, is already not allowed. This includes threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so.
There are growing concerns about the misuse of media and information that is not available elsewhere online as a tool to harass, intimidate, and reveal the identities of individuals. Sharing personal media, such as images or videos, can potentially violate a person’s privacy, and may lead to emotional or physical harm. The misuse of private media can affect everyone, but can have a disproportionate effect on women, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities. When Twitter receives a report that a Tweet contains unauthorized private media, it will take action in line with its range of enforcement options.
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