Twitter expanded its private information policy to include “private media,” which refers to photos and videos taken without an individual’s consent.
Previously, Twitter’s policy covered the sharing of private information such as phone numbers, addresses, and IDs.
In response to growing concerns about the abuse of photos and videos that are not available elsewhere on the Internet, Twitter will now take action against unauthorized private media.
Twitter stated that this type of media is used as a tool to harass, intimidate and reveal personal identities.
“Sharing personal media, such as images or videos, may invade a person’s privacy and may cause emotional or physical harm. The abuse of private media affects everyone, but it affects women, activists, dissidents, and ethnic minorities. Community members have a disproportionate impact.”
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Before today’s policy changes, Twitter will only take action on private media describing abuse.
Now, even if the content is not explicitly misused, Twitter will delete media shared without individual consent.
The complete list of content that violates Twitter’s privacy information policy is as follows:
- Home address or physical location
- ID
- contact information
- Financial account information
- Other private information, such as biometric data or medical records
- Private media without the permission of the person described
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In addition, Twitter will not tolerate behaviors that threaten the disclosure of personal private information, nor will it allow users to provide financial compensation in exchange for others to release personal private information.
How will Twitter enforce this policy?
Twitter relies solely on user reports to enforce its private media policy. This is not something it can automatically detect.
“When private information or media is shared on Twitter, we need a first-person report or an authorized representative’s report to determine that the image or video was shared without their permission.”
After receiving a report from an individual described in the private media, Twitter will delete the content.
To clarify, this policy does not include media featuring public figures.
Therefore, you can take photos of celebrities and performing artists and share them on Twitter without violating this new policy.
However, there is one exception, that is, if the media of a certain public figure is maliciously shared.
Twitter may allow unauthorized private media to follow a violent incident, or if it is part of a newsworthy incident of public interest.
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source: blog.Twitter.com
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