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Twitter is once again expanding its hate speech policies. The company updated its rules to “prohibit language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin.”
The change comes more than two yearsafter Twitter first said it intended to ban dehumanizing language and more than six months from the last change to the policy, which banned hate speech related to age, disability and disease.
Under the latest rules, Twitter will require users to delete tweets with dehumanizing language targeting people based on their race, ethnicity or national origin. The company will monitor tweets reported by users, and use automation technology to “proactively” detect potential violations. Twitter has cited research that links dehumanizing language to offline violence.