illustration, a Twitter logo is displayed on a mobile phone on May
27, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier DOULIERY /
AFP
Twitter said Wednesday it was expanding its definition
of hateful content to ban language which “dehumanizes” people on
the basis of race, ethnicity or national origin.
The move an nounced by the messaging platform is the latest to
refine its definition of abusive and harmful content which has led
to a backlash against social networks.
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Twitter said the latest update is based on feedback since it
published expanded rules on hateful content in 2019.
“While we encourage people to express themselves freely on
Twitter, abuse, harassment and hateful conduct continue to have no
place on our service,” a blog post from the Twitter safety team
said.
“Today, we are further expanding our hateful conduct policy to
prohibit language that dehumanizes people on the basis of race,
ethnicity, or national origin.”
Twitter said it would remove offending tweets when they are
reported, and offered examples such as describing a particular
ethnic group as “scum” or “leeches.”
“If an account repeatedly breaks the Twitter rules, we may
temporarily lock or suspend the account,” the company said.
Twitter and Facebook both stepped up enforcement of policies
against harmful and hateful content during the US election
campaign, in many cases limiting the reach of comments by President
Donald Trump.
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