Twitter Attempts to Clarify Its Rules

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Twitter Attempts to Clarify Its Rules​

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Lucas Nolan 8 Jun 2019 Breitbart News.

In a series of tweets posted to its own platform, Twitter outlined a number of changes to its rules and policies. Users were skeptical that the company would enforce them fairly.​

Tweeting from the @TwitterSafety account, the platform outlined its updated rules and policies which the company has shortened and clarified in an attempt to give users a more clear understanding of what is and isn’t allowed on the platform. . . .

. . . Even in recent weeks, Jack Dorsey’s company has appeared to apply its rules and policies selectively. Breitbart News reporter Alana Mastrangelo recently reported on Twitter’s refusal to take action on an account calling for violence against a 7-year-old Trump supporter. Mastrangelo writes:

Internet comedian and Awful Records illustrator Zachary “Zack” Fox tweeted a photo-shopped image of a pro-Trump child on a road as someone is about to run him over. The child photo-shopped into the image is 7-year-old Benton Stevens from Texas, who recently made national news after raising $22,000 for a border wall with his lemonade and hot chocolate stands.

The tweet joking about murdering a 7-year-old child — which appears to be very popular among #Resistance Twitter users — has yet to be taken down by Twitter, despite the social media platform seeming to take action rather quickly when it comes to other types of accounts.

While (Zachary) Fox’s tweet joking about running over a 7-year-old child for wanting secured borders remains on the social media platform, it has been noted that other accounts seem to be routinely suspended after engaging in behavior many would deem far less abusive, such as operating lighthearted parody accounts mocking public servants, or creating humorous Internet memes.

(Zachary) Fox’s tweet can be seen below: . . .

(Parenthetial addition of “Zachary” above for context mine.)

Twitter Attempts to Clarify Its Rules

In a series of tweets posted to its own platform, Twitter outlined a number of changes to its rules and policies. Users were skeptical that the company would enforce them fairly.

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It think the “rules” are understood perfectly by many.–Politics rule.

There will be the usual excuse-making on behalf of the corporate giant. That is to be expected.

 

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