Twitter considering labeling Trump tweets that violate rules
Source: The Hill
A Twitter executive on Wednesday said the company is considering a new feature that will label tweets from politicians, including President Trump, when they violate Twitter rules.
Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's head of legal, policy, and trust and safety, at a Washington Post event on Wednesday said the company might start annotating offensive tweets from public figures with a message about why they remain up.
Twitter has long held that some posts from public figures should remain up because they are "newsworthy," even when they violate Twitter guidelines.
"One of the things were working really closely on with our product and engineering folks is, How can we label that?" Gadde said during the Post event. How can we put some context around it so people are aware that that content is actually a violation of our rules and it is serving a particular purpose in remaining on the platform?"
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/436218-twitter-considering-labeling-trump-tweets-that-violate-rules
CincyDem
(6,282 posts)SKKY
(11,771 posts)...but OK. It's a good start.
Mc Mike
(9,106 posts)PerceptionManagement
(461 posts)too little, way too late
ooky
(8,885 posts)about these stupid tweets?
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)It's not newsworthy, it's spew-worthy.
groundloop
(11,487 posts)Mr. Evil
(2,746 posts)An ordinary person says the same thing and they get banned for violating Twitter's ToS. President Twitler says it and it gets highlighted. Nice workaround, Twitter. Assholes!
UpInArms
(51,252 posts)eom
cstanleytech
(26,080 posts)else would be banned?