The new rules, which will likely be introduced in the next few weeks, are aimed at tackling one of Twitter's biggest and long-lasting problems. The new guidelines include immediate and permanent suspensions of any account Twitter identifies as the original poster or source of non-consensual nudity. The rules were set out in a letter, which was seen by Reuters, to Twitter's Trust and Safety Council from Twitter's head of safety policy. Twitter also faces scrutiny from lawmakers investigating allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. Senator Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee investigating Russian interference, previously called Twitter’s cooperation as "frankly inadequate."

Source: bd News24 October 18, 2017 17:03 UTC