The new policy applies to political candidates and government officials who have more than 100,000 followers, Twitter said, and will be used in rare occasions. More recently, the company has banned tweets that are not direct incitements to violence but that could lead to real-world harm. “That said, words can have consequences and the words of political leaders can be especially piercing and potent.”Because Twitter’s guidelines are broad, though, others fretted they may be too open to interpretation. For years, Twitter users have complained that the company does not enforce its policies and that bullying and harassing tweets can stay up despite their protests. In March, a Twitter executive told The Post that the company was exploring how it could annotate offensive tweets that break its rules but remain in the public interest.

Source: Washington Post June 27, 2019 16:01 UTC