Re:SWATters Target Dozens of Journalists
by tptacek on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @10:06PM
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As you can see upthread, it is plainly false that he violated Twitter’s TOS.
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Re:SWATters Target Dozens of Journalists
by grandmczeb on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @11:10PM
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The only evidence I see up thread is your assertion “Twitter also explicitly exempts information available from public sources“ which is a stronger statement than Twitter’s own privacy page (“If the reported information was shared somewhere else before it was shared on Twitter [...] we may not treat this information as private”.) Twitter uses multiple factors to determine if a post is a violation, not all of which have to be satisfied, and of which being available through other sources is only one. Twitter also has a history of taking action against users who share otherwise publicly available information if the intent is malicious.
While it’s a debatable point, it’s most certainly not “plainly false” that he violated the TOS; Twitter would be well within bounds to take action against his account.