Twitter to Soon Rollout a New Feature That will Help Block Unsolicited Sexually Explicit DMs
4 years ago

Twitter to Soon Rollout a New Feature That will Help Block Unsolicited Sexually Explicit DMs

News 18  

With rampant incidents of sexual harassment transcending mediums and slithering its way into social media platforms, there’s been a spurt of unsolicited sexually explicit messages and photos on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and other platforms. So in order to safeguard social media profiles, the microblogging platform is reportedly working on a feature that will keep out sexual content of such nature from the DMs, a report in Buzzfeed said. Looks like Twitter is rolling out the “Filter Graphic Media” toggle for DM pic.twitter.com/ufVJUYIDAj— Jane Manchun Wong December 17, 2020 Earlier in February this year, a developer by the name of Kelsey Bressler had developed a filter as ‘safe DM’ for the microblogging platform that aimed to remove at least 99% of sexual content from DMs using AI technology. A spokesperson had said about the new feature the platform was planning to start, “To help people feel safe and in control on Twitter, we’re testing a few changes to Direct Messages including the ability to mute people from message requests, as an alternative to blocking or reporting.” But are these methods enough to curb instances of cyber sexual harassment?

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Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Need to make existing laws more stringent to curb vulgar content on social media: Vaishnaw

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The government is mulling stringent laws to check vulgar content on social media posts and other platforms like over-the-top or OTT, saying that such platforms are required to appoint grievance officers and set up a mechanism for addressing user complaints. "There is a need to make existing laws more stringent laws to curb vulgar content on social media …

Social Media Groups Share Explicit Images of Women
3 months ago

Social Media Groups Share Explicit Images of Women

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Under the veil of anonymity, a disturbing trend is growing on social media platforms like Instagram, Reddit and Discord, where individuals are running group chats and pages dedicated to sharing explicit images and recordings of women and girls taken without their consent. These groups are often hidden behind private settings, making it challenging for social media moderation tools to take …

People worried over online abuse, call for strong action
5 months, 1 week ago

People worried over online abuse, call for strong action

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: After the recent incident of insensitive comments passed by YouTuber P. Hanumanthu, many raised concerns over the normalisation of people’s vulgar and vile commentary on social media. The comments range from body shaming and sexist remarks to outright threats, creating a toxic environment on social media. Dr Priya Sharma, a psychologist, explained the impact of such online behaviour: "The …

Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion
8 months, 1 week ago

Instagram begins blurring nudity in messages to protect teens and fight sexual extortion

Associated Press  

LONDON — Instagram says it’s deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. Instagram said scammers often use direct messages to ask for “intimate images.” To counter this, it will soon start testing out a nudity-protection feature for direct messages that blurs any images with nudity …

Twitter worst social media platform for online threats against women, report finds
9 months ago

Twitter worst social media platform for online threats against women, report finds

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Shadow minister for domestic violence and safeguarding, Alex Davies-Jones MP, …

Twitter commits to safety amidst content concerns
1 year, 5 months ago

Twitter commits to safety amidst content concerns

India TV News  

Linda Yaccarino, the new CEO Twitter has strongly denied a recent report which claims an increase in "hateful, violent, and inaccurate" content on the platform, which is owned by Elon Musk. Yaccarino stated that Twitter has actually made significant progress in addressing harmful content, with the majority of tweets in a user's feed now considered safe. Image Source : FREEPIKTwitter …

'BEWARE of Twitter': Report tags platform as the worst major social media platform for LGBTQ+ community
1 year, 6 months ago

'BEWARE of Twitter': Report tags platform as the worst major social media platform for LGBTQ+ community

India TV News  

All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. In its annual Social Media Safety Index, GLAAD gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or failing scores, saying the platforms don’t do enough to keep their …

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD

The Hindu  

All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. “There isn’t a week that goes by that we don’t have a doxxing situation for somebody in our community that we have to come in and help them …

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter is the worst major social media platform when it comes to LGBTQ+ safety, says GLAAD

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. It’s like backyard dogfights.” Ellis lamented that before the takeover, Twitter was a “leader” among major social media platforms when it comes to protecting LGBTQ+ …

Twitter Warned By EU Over Disinformation, Favouring Russia Agenda
1 year, 7 months ago

Twitter Warned By EU Over Disinformation, Favouring Russia Agenda

ABP News  

According to a recent tweet by Vera Jourova, Vice-President for Values and Transparency at the EU, the EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk's Twitter over the spread of disinformation and promotion of the Kremlin agenda. Jourova expressed her concern that Twitter's policies have made the digital information space unsafe and susceptible to malicious influence from authoritarian governments. Jourova …

Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter has quietly removed a policy against the “targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals,” raising concerns that the Elon Musk-owned platform is becoming less safe for marginalized groups. Twitter enacted the policy against deadnaming, or using a transgender person’s name before they transitioned, as well as purposefully using the wrong gender for someone as a form …

Women and girls ‘traumatised’ by social media, warns Georgia Harrison
1 year, 8 months ago

Women and girls ‘traumatised’ by social media, warns Georgia Harrison

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Reality TV personality Georgia Harrison has said women and girls are …

Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter removes policy against deadnaming transgender people

The Independent  

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Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
2 years ago

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence

Associated Press  

In the days after a gunman killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado last month, much of social media lit up with the now familiar expressions of grief, mourning and disbelief. On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates have tracked an increase in hate speech and threats of violence directed at LGBTQ people, groups and events, …

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence
2 years ago

Anti-LGBTQ hate thrives online, spurs fears of more violence

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, researchers and LGBTQ advocates …

'Twitter Casual About Removing Child Porn': DCW Slams Social Media Giant, Seeks CBI Action
2 years, 2 months ago

'Twitter Casual About Removing Child Porn': DCW Slams Social Media Giant, Seeks CBI Action

News 18  

The Delhi Commission for Women on Friday slammed microblogging site Twitter, calling it “casual” about removing child pornography and rape content after the rights body found 14 fresh tweets promoting such activity. The commission had summoned Twitter India policy head and Delhi Police cyber cell on September 20, over tweets depicting child pornography and rape videos of women and children. …

Twitter put ads next to tweets sharing images of child sexual abuse
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter put ads next to tweets sharing images of child sexual abuse

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Either Twitter is going to fix this, or we’ll fix it by any means we can, which …

Twitter’s latest problem: Ads of major brands next to child porn
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter’s latest problem: Ads of major brands next to child porn

Al Jazeera  

Some major advertisers including Dyson, Mazda and chemicals company Ecolab have suspended their marketing campaigns or removed their ads from parts of Twitter because their promotions are appearing alongside tweets soliciting child pornography, the companies told Reuters. Ads for at least 30 brands, ranging from Walt Disney Co, Comcast Corp’s NBCUniversal and Coca-Cola Co to a children’s hospital, have appeared …

Twitter’s attempt to compete with OnlyFans was halted due to child safety warnings
2 years, 3 months ago

Twitter’s attempt to compete with OnlyFans was halted due to child safety warnings

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. When “Super Follows” was announced, it was compared to other direct payment tools used on platforms like …

LGBTQ harassment, slurs abound on social media, report says
2 years, 5 months ago

LGBTQ harassment, slurs abound on social media, report says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats against LGBTQ users, a report issued Wednesday from advocacy group GLAAD found. “The reality is, there’s very little transparency and very little accountability,” said Jenni Olson, GLAAD’s director for social media safety and author of the report. “And people feel helpless.” Los Angeles resident …

Women ‘no longer believe that social media firms will take down abuse’
2 years, 6 months ago

Women ‘no longer believe that social media firms will take down abuse’

The Telegraph  

Social media firms must make it easier to report misogyny, says Ofcom’s chief, after its study found 60 per cent of women have suffered harmful behaviour online including harassment and trolling in just a month. In an interview with The Telegraph, Dame Melanie Dawes, the watchdog’s chief executive, said the “shocking” abuse that women faced online was getting worse while …

New Twitter policy aims to pierce fog of war misinformation
2 years, 7 months ago

New Twitter policy aims to pierce fog of war misinformation

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter is stepping up its fight against misinformation with a new policy cracking down on posts that spread potentially dangerous false stories. Under its new “crisis misinformation policy,” Twitter will also add warning labels to debunked claims about ongoing humanitarian crises, the San Francisco-based company said. But it could also clash with the views of Tesla billionaire …

Twitter Is Making Its Platform Safer With This New Feature
2 years, 9 months ago

Twitter Is Making Its Platform Safer With This New Feature

News 18  

Micro-blogging site Twitter is bringing a new feature that is aimed at making the platform safer, and is letting the users flag their tweets that are deemed sensitive or NSFW themselves. Previously, users required to mark their whole profile as sensitive if they routinely posted NSFW content, hiding the content behind a warning that users need to tap through to …

Twitter files lawsuit against German online reporting rule
2 years, 10 months ago

Twitter files lawsuit against German online reporting rule

The Hindu  

Twitter has taken legal action against a rule, coming into force in Germany from Tuesday, that obliges social media firms to block or delete criminal content quickly and report particularly serious criminal offences to the police, a German court confirmed on Monday. The lawsuit filed at the administrative court in Cologne challenges a provision under Germany's expanded anti-hate speech regulations …

Twitter rolls out privacy policy to protect identity, will not allow users to share images without consent
3 years ago

Twitter rolls out privacy policy to protect identity, will not allow users to share images without consent

India Today  

Twitter will no longer allow media of private individuals such as images or videos to be shared on the platform without their consent. “Beginning today, we will not allow the sharing of private media, such as images or videos of private individuals without their consent. Twitter further said that it will remove media given that it is notified by “individuals …

Twitter updates private info policy
3 years ago

Twitter updates private info policy

The Hindu  

Twitter on Tuesday updated its private information policy that will allow the micro-blogging platform to take action on media that is shared without any explicit abusive content, but posted without the consent of the person depicted. Under the current policy, Twitter users could not share private information or media such as physical location information, identity documents, contact information and financial …

Facebook will adopt new policies to address harassment targeting public figures
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook will adopt new policies to address harassment targeting public figures

NPR  

Facebook will adopt new policies to address harassment targeting public figures Enlarge this image toggle caption Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Facebook will expand its current harassment policies to further protect users from abuse and harmful content on the platform. Facebook said in its announcement that it would remove "severe sexualizing content" and some other …

Bullying on Twitter has become unhinged. It's time to call out the personal, sexist attacks
3 years, 3 months ago

Bullying on Twitter has become unhinged. It's time to call out the personal, sexist attacks

ABC  

To be a political journalist, you have always needed to be able to resist bullying aimed at making you second-guess your work. Last week, my ABC colleague, News Breakfast co-anchor Lisa Millar, de-activated her Twitter account after voluminous daily bullying, including trolling about her late father. Channel Ten journalist and former Q+A host Hamish MacDonald has publicly said that one …

Delhi Police seeks details of handles that shared porn content on Twitter
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Police seeks details of handles that shared porn content on Twitter

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: A day after a first information report was registered over child sexual abuse and pornographic content on Twitter, the Delhi Police wrote to the micro-blogging site seeking details of the handles that uploaded or shared such material, officials privy to the development said on Wednesday. In a statement on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Twitter said the micro-blogging site …

Now, Twitter Under Fire for Pornographic Content Targeting Women
3 years, 5 months ago

Now, Twitter Under Fire for Pornographic Content Targeting Women

News 18  

A day after it courted legal trouble for allegedly allowing access to child pornography on its platform, Twitter has been directed by the National Commission for Women to act against pornographic content targeting women. Taking suo motu cognisance of several profiles on Twitter sharing pornographic content, NCW Chairperson Rekha Sharma wrote Twitter India’s Managing Director to ‘immediately remove all such …

How Twitter is becoming more like OnlyFans - and what that means for users
3 years, 9 months ago

How Twitter is becoming more like OnlyFans - and what that means for users

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Twitter seems to be one of the last social media platforms where adult content is accepted”, Annabelle …

Twitter cracks down on COVID vaccine misinformation
3 years, 9 months ago

Twitter cracks down on COVID vaccine misinformation

Associated Press  

SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter says it has begun labeling tweets that include misleading information about COVID-19 vaccines and using a “strike system” to eventually remove accounts that repeatedly violate its rules. The company said Monday that it has started using human reviewers to assess whether tweets violate its policy against COVID vaccine misinformation. “Through the use of the strike system, …

Twitter to permanently ban users who spread COVID misinformation
3 years, 9 months ago

Twitter to permanently ban users who spread COVID misinformation

Al Jazeera  

The social media firm says users who continue to post misleading tweets about coronavirus vaccines face a permanent ban from its platform. Twitter says it will start labelling misleading tweets about COVID vaccines and ban users who continue to spread such misinformation. The social media company late last year began calling on users to remove dangerously misleading COVID-19 claims, including …

Twitter intends to make its content moderation practices more transparent: Jack Dorsey
3 years, 9 months ago

Twitter intends to make its content moderation practices more transparent: Jack Dorsey

The Hindu  

Twitter has said that social media entities are facing a "significant trust deficit" and pledged to make its content moderation practices more transparent, giving people more control as it strives to be among the most open companies globally. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said the microblogging platform is making a lot of progress in its accountability by "owning our mistakes and …

Facebook Had Lesser Hate Speech, Violence in End 2020, Proactive Steps Taken Against Bullying
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook Had Lesser Hate Speech, Violence in End 2020, Proactive Steps Taken Against Bullying

News 18  

Facebook has published its latest Community Standards Enforcement report for the final quarter of 2020. Some of the key areas that have been detailed in Facebook’s latest report include hate speech, violence and graphic content, and nudity on Facebook. For Facebook, the policy areas detailed in the Community Standards Enforcement report include child nudity and sexual exploitation, dangerous organisations activity, …

Twitter's decision on labelling misleading tweets sparks debate
4 years ago

Twitter's decision on labelling misleading tweets sparks debate

The Hindu  

In the last week of November, an image of a law enforcement officer wielding his baton to an elderly man during the farmers' protest went viral on social media including Twitter. The clip shared by Mr. Malviya said: “Police didn't even touch the farmer.” Within days, Twitter invoked its new policy on “misleading information” and tagged Mr. Malviya’s tweet as …

Twitter expands hateful conduct policy to include race, ethnicity and national origin under protected categories
4 years ago

Twitter expands hateful conduct policy to include race, ethnicity and national origin under protected categories

India Today  

Twitter on Wednesday expanded its hate speech policy to include language that dehumanises people on the basis of race, ethnicity, and national origin. 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 noted in a blog post. Under the hateful conduct policy, users are …

Instagram pauses 'recent' search listings on U.S. site to stop fake election news
4 years, 1 month ago

Instagram pauses 'recent' search listings on U.S. site to stop fake election news

The Hindu  

Facebook Inc's Instagram said on Thursday it was making changes to its image-sharing platform for U.S. users to prevent the spread of misinformation around the Nov. 3 presidential election. For users in the United States, Instagram will temporarily remove the “Recent” tab from hashtag pages starting Thursday, it said in a statement on Twitter. Earlier this month, Twitter Inc said …

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat: Global study
4 years, 2 months ago

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat: Global study

Hindustan Times  

Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60% experiencing harassment, a global study showed on Sunday. One in five girls and young women has abandoned or cut down on using a social media platform after being targeted, with some saying harassment started when they were as young as eight, the …

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: poll
4 years, 2 months ago

Social media abuse drives girls off Facebook, Instagram, Twitter: poll

The Hindu  

Online abuse is driving girls to quit social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, with nearly 60% experiencing harassment, a global study showed on Sunday. One in five girls and young women has abandoned or cut down on using a social media platform after being targeted, with some saying harassment started when they were as young as eight, the …

Researchers Develop Algorithm to Detect Misogynistic Content, Abusive Posts Against Women on Twitter
4 years, 3 months ago

Researchers Develop Algorithm to Detect Misogynistic Content, Abusive Posts Against Women on Twitter

News 18  

A team of researchers has developed a sophisticated algorithm to detect harmful and abusive posts against women on Twitter that cuts through the rabble of millions of tweets to identify misogynistic content. The team’s model identified misogynistic content with 75 per cent accuracy, outperforming other methods that investigate similar aspects of social media language. We hope our machine-learning solution can …

Feminism has not ‘gone too far’. Online abuse against women is as harmful as ever
4 years, 4 months ago

Feminism has not ‘gone too far’. Online abuse against women is as harmful as ever

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy According to …

Twitter censors tweet of Donald Trump as 'abusive behaviour'
4 years, 6 months ago

Twitter censors tweet of Donald Trump as 'abusive behaviour'

Op India  

Social networking giant Twitter on Tuesday flagged one more tweet of US President Donald Trump for ‘abusive behaviour’ and ‘violating guidelines’. In a statement, Twitter said, that US President Donald Trump’s tweet is abusive behaviour, “specifically, the presence of a threat of harm against an identifiable group.” Per our policies, this Tweet will remain on the service given its relevance …

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