Twitter to label tweets that violate rules regarding hateful conduct
Christopher Hutton
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Twitter will now more explicitly label when it is taking actions either to limit or remove posts from the platform in an effort to be more transparent.
The social media platform will now attach labels to tweets that violate its Hateful Conduct policy rather than delete them outright. The updated policy reflects Twitter’s newly established “Freedom of Speech, not Freedom of Reach” philosophy promoted by new owner Elon Musk.
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“These labels bring a new level of transparency to enforcement actions by displaying which policy the Tweet potentially violates to both the Tweet author and other users on Twitter,” the platform wrote in a blog post. “Tweets with these labels will be made less discoverable on the platform. Additionally, we will not place ads adjacent to content that we label.”
The company recognized that it “may get it wrong occasionally, so authors will be able to submit feedback on the label if they think we incorrectly limited their content’s visibility.” It also said it would continue to remove illegal content from the platform, including child pornography.
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The new approach will change from Twitter’s old practices, which were to limit posts violating its policies without informing the user.
Twitter’s labeling practices have drawn some ire from users. NPR quit the website last week after being labeled a “government-funded entity.” Musk attached the label to several national news networks worldwide on Monday.