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Twitter vows new crackdown on hateful, abusive tweets
cbsaustin ^ | Oct. 18, 2017 | ap

Posted on 10/18/2017 8:33:22 AM PDT by bgill

Twitter vowed to crack down further on hate speech and sexual harassment, days after CEO Jack Dorsey said in a tweet-storm that the company was "still" not doing enough to protect its users. The policy changes were specifically aimed at protecting women who unknowingly or unwillingly had nude pictures of themselves distributed online or were subject to unwanted sexual advances. They would also aim to shield groups subject to hateful imagery, symbols and threats of violence.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; censor; stasi; twitter
More censoring of so called hateful imagery and symbols. Like the flag, patriotism, pro-life, pro-Trump, pro 2nd, etc.

Free speech for me but not for you.

And for those women (no men?) who are upset about having their boodies all over the internet, you shouldn't have posed for the pics.

1 posted on 10/18/2017 8:33:22 AM PDT by bgill
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After Charolottesville, my twitter feed was awash in liberals posting pics of Swastikas and Confederate flags


2 posted on 10/18/2017 8:34:18 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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Well it does belong to them. So I’m thinking anything DJT tweets out will be deemed “abusive”?


3 posted on 10/18/2017 8:35:42 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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“After Charolottesville, my twitter feed was awash in liberals posting pics of Swastikas and Confederate flags”

I suspect leftist freaks are responsible for 90+% of Confederate flag purchases.


4 posted on 10/18/2017 8:37:12 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: bgill

Before long, the only people posting on Twitter will be the bots. Everyone else will be banned.

5 posted on 10/18/2017 8:38:29 AM PDT by caligatrux (Rage, rage against the dying of the light.)
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To: bgill

‘Censored’ these days means ANYTHING posted by a White, Christian, Heterosexual Male.

FU-Twitter.


6 posted on 10/18/2017 8:39:52 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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“The policy changes were specifically aimed at protecting women who unknowingly or unwillingly had nude pictures of themselves distributed online...”

They got sick of Jennifer Lawrence whining to them???


7 posted on 10/18/2017 8:47:54 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: bgill

Amen!


8 posted on 10/18/2017 8:55:35 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Vacate the chair! Ryan must go.)
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To: bgill

Twitter hasn’t yet found a problem with hash tags like kill all whites, kill all men or kill all cops.
But the few libertarians still on the site will be identified and purged.


9 posted on 10/18/2017 9:08:28 AM PDT by tbw2
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