World News Headlines April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling 0 Twitter says it will no longer amplify accounts run by states ‘engaged in armed interstate conflict’ 0 0000 0 0 more Twitter says it will no longer amplify accounts run by states ‘engaged in armed interstate conflict’ April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling now playing Transferring money from UAE abroad: what are my cheapest options April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling WIN With Nespresso This Mother’s Day April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling NBA Playoffs 2022: A Casual Fan's Guide to the Postseason April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling Best New Climbing Gear of 2022 April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling A Local Weekend Travel Guide to Austin, Texas April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling First Drive: 2022 Range Rover Ups the Luxury SUV Experience April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling Most Stylish Rain Jackets, Parkas, and Trench Coats for Men April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling EU eyes Russian oil import ban as Moscow strikes western Ukraine April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling World-class Clark Int’l Airport opens new 110,000 square-meter passenger terminal April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling PCG: Bodies of 5 children who drowned in Taal Lake found April 6, 2022 Under One Ceiling Twitter says it will no longer amplify accounts run by states ‘engaged in armed interstate conflict’ As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its 40th day, social media platforms are still working to update their policies to reflect the ongoing situation. On Tuesday, Twitter announced that the platform would no longer “amplify or recommend government accounts belonging to states that limit access to free information and are engaged in armed interstate conflict.” The company says this will apply to all state-run accounts, regardless of whether that particular government has blocked Twitter in its country or not. Tweet may have been deleted The first government accounts to be affected by this new policy change, unsurprisingly, are those run by Russia, according to Twitter. These Russian state-run accounts will no longer be promoted by Twitter’s algorithm in users’ home timelines, explore tabs, or in search. Twitter’s new rules are pretty vague. Russia clearly checks the boxes outlined by the new policy. But what about Saudi Arabia? The United States? Based on Twitter’s own language in this policy, these countries can certainly check those boxes, too. However, as of right now, Russia is the only country that Twitter says the rule is currently affecting. In addition to that new rule, Twitter has added a policy concerning media depicting prisoners of war. The platform will now request that government or state-run accounts “remove any media published that features prisoners of war.” If this media remains due to “compelling public interest,” Twitter will add a warning label to the tweet. However, if PoW-related content is shared with “abusive intent,” which Twitter describes as insults or calls for violence, the company will outright remove the tweet, regardless of what type of account posts it. This new rule is much more specific than the previous one. Twitter even cites international humanitarian law, “specifically Article 13 of Geneva Convention III,” which protects PoWs from “any physical or psychological abuse or threat thereof, and encompasses a prohibition on humiliating them,” when explaining the thought process behind this new policy. It’s clear that Russia’s war in Ukraine has led companies like Twitter to rethink some of their content moderation policies as previous policies failed to stifle disinformation and propaganda. Twitter clearly has no qualms about enforcing these rules on Russia (and rightly so), but we’ll have to wait and see whether the company applies these policies equally to others. Related Related posts: Expedia to stop selling holidays that include captive dolphin shows. Travel firm amends animal welfare policy to no longer offer activities involving captive cetaceans. The devastating ways women suffer at the Poland-Belarus border New Zealand Government to push for international ban of autonomous weapons, or killer robots Westminster reform: Lindsay Hoyle and Andrea Leadsom call for urgent changes tags: RSS Feed World News 0000 0 0 previous Apple announces that WWDC 2022 is all-online, again next Meta insists it just chose a side in the encryption debate
