If I'm a member of a visibly protected minority group (Black Muslim) and I tweet "Death to Zionist Sodomites occupying Holy Jerusalem" would I be suspended? Asking for a friend.
You can view Twitter's safety partners here to learn which groups have advisory over what counts as 'hate speech' : https://about.twitter.com/en_us/safety/safety-partners.html
So, every US federal agency's, and every local police force's twitter accounts will be shut down?
> This policy does not apply to military or government entities and we will consider exceptions for groups that are currently engaging in (or have engaged in) peaceful resolution.
The Glorification of Violence policy says that acts of war, military attacks, state sanctioned executions, and natural disasters are not covered ... UNLESS ... "protected categories have been the primary targets or victims."
The funny thing is that I can't find their definition of "protected category" anywhere, which takes the Orwellian irony of the whole thing to the next level.
> Accounts that affiliate with organizations that use or promote violence against civilians
> Content that glorifies violence or the perpetrators of a violent act.
* "Support our troops"
* "Punch a Nazi"
* Basically any enthusiastic history account.
* Mall ninjas.
* Any action movie/tv property.
* Star Wars.
* UFC
It seems almost puritan to try and deny humanity's love of violence.
> If an account’s profile information includes a violent threat or multiple slurs, epithets, racist or sexist tropes, incites fear, or reduces someone to less than human, it will be permanently suspended.
* A little confused about the 'multiple' requirement. So long as you only hate one thing your good?
* Racist or sexist tropes is a bit hard to pin down. /r/bpt is full of examples of 'racist' tropes that are self-deprecating. I'm not the best at words but they probably want an exception for "laughing with you, not at you."
> intimidates, or uses fear to silence another person’s voice
I can't wait for this to not be applied against people who use public shaming as a silencing tactic.
Also, there's a bit on irony that in that policy is itself a silencing tactic. This is going to cause people afraid of being banned to self-censor because a statement is politically unpopular.