In its ongoing commitment to protect free speech while preserving platform health, Twitter is set to expand its ‘Freedom of Speech Not Reach’ enforcement action. The action, initially applying to the Hateful Conduct policy, will now include policies concerning Abusive Behavior and Violent Speech.
Twitter has achieved significant results since the launch of the ‘Freedom of Speech Not Reach’ initiative, demonstrating a successful balance between freedom of expression and user safety. The company revealed that over 99.99% of Tweet impressions now come from healthy content, which adheres to their community guidelines, according to its Twitter Safety team on Wednesday.
For the tiny fraction of content that does violate Twitter’s rules, the company takes proportionate enforcement action. The most serious offences, such as illegal content or harmful actors, are dealt with by content removal or account suspension.
Twitter’s enforcement approach brings unprecedented transparency to the process of limiting the reach of Tweets identified as potential policy violations, it says. This strategy includes making such content less discoverable, helping to maintain a healthier online environment.
Our commitment to our community is simple and clear – maintain free expression and make Twitter a safe space for everyone. https://t.co/yS8A2MKoCQ
— Linda Yaccarino (@lindayaX) July 12, 2023
The Twitter community has played a key role in refining this approach, offering valuable feedback to improve the accuracy of label application. These improvements include identifying instances where reach was not appropriately restricted and enhancing the recognition of context in violation detection.
The ‘Freedom of Speech Not Reach’ initiative has so far:
While Twitter prevents ads from appearing next to labelled content, it aims to continue enhancing platform health, transparency, and safety for all users, said the company. Twitter says it pledges to provide regular updates on its progress, signalling its commitment to continual improvement and transparency.
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This article is more or less the same content as the Press Release without any critical addition or perspective… What’s the point of it?
Twitter is now a haven for hate speech and harmful content since Musk took over.
Can you please provide links to such harmful content? I always hear everyone parrot that same comment everywhere but literally no one can provide any kind of substance to back it up.
If you google “twitter hate speech” You’ll find articles pointing to studies that show the rise, examples and highlights some of the reasons this happens.
The Twitter harmful content has been debunked countless times. And even if you run into some content that you consider harmful here are a few solutions: Go to the next post, go to snowflake therapy, close your eyes.
And you just proved my point…
This is always the response…’just google it.’ Please link an unbiased source on the rise of hate speech specifically on twitter from pre and post Musk? Reddit banned a group called ‘fat people hate’ a couple years ago because it was considered harmful. But right now, on Facebook, there is literally the same content in a group called ‘I see the fats are at it again’. This content is rising on all platforms, not just Twitter.