Twitter Enforces Anti-Abuse Rules

In order to reduce content of abusive nature, Twitter has now updated its policy and imposed anti-abuse rules on its users. Enforcing the said rules, one of the first accounts to be targeted was Britain First, which had allegedly posted videos regarding Muslims engaged in acts of violence. Twitter also suspended accounts of well-known white nationalists in December for allegedly stirring up hatred.

The company has emphasized that it is taking several factors into consideration while enforcing the rules including the context of the post, cultural and political considerations and the severity of the violation. The rules also address hateful images or symbols, including those attached to user profiles. As per the rules, if certain content is required to be posted which seemingly contains images that may be considered hateful, it is now required to mark the content as 'sensitive media' so that a warning could be given to other users who could then decide whether to view