Twitter is exploring how it can annotate offensive tweets that break its rules but remain in the public interest, said Vijaya Gadde, the company’s head of legal, policy, and trust and safety. President Trump, who has turned to Twitter as his preferred mechanism for rapid-fire messaging, has tested its community standards repeatedly. Dorsey has generally stuck to a line that Trump’s comments are inherently newsworthy, and thus should remain on the site, despite criticism that some tweets have bordered on abusive. There are concerns that the president’s Twitter behavior has influenced politicians on the local and state level, as well. Twitter declined to comment further on the initiative, answer questions concerning who the new notation standard would apply to or specify the form the annotations would take.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2019 04:57 UTC