Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Stricter rules on Twitter against hate speech and abuse – BN De Stem

Hatred and threats to be addressed on Twitter with stricter rules. Therefore, the social media announces that the hate speech, initimidatie and harassment is tackled on Twitter harder.

Twitter has on Wednesday that there is no place for extremists on the network. ,, A hateful attitude directed against race, orientation or nationality of users ” is not allowed. Suspension or removal of account is a sanction that can follow.

Deleted users will come back under a different name Twitter also thwart the new rules. After criticism that extremists on Twitter to get the space to spread their message, the company comes with the announcement of stricter rules. Observers say it remains to be seen whether the rules are actually applied.

Penalties
Twitter has a number of options to address users. An account may be blocked for a certain period of time and a user can be prompted to confirm the account by entering a phone number. Also, an account can be blocked and the user will be asked to remove some tweets. Only after deleting the controversial tweets the account is accessible again.

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