I've gone through and reported a number of accounts that seem to violate this policy after the announcement and made note of the usernames and if they were a left wing or right wing organization. I'm curious to see if this will be enforced equally.
Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Hateful Conduct and Abusive Behavior
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#12Specifically, there's a this policy does not apply to military or government entities loophole to these new rules, which many believe to be a workaround for these rules not applying to Trump.
That only applies to a subset of the rules, the ”Accounts that affiliate with organizations that use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes” part. (And seems to mean that merrely supporting an existing government or military isn't prohibited conduct, even though governments and their militaries sre groups that do, routinely, use violence and the implicit and explicit threat of violence as core operational methods, including against civilians.)
It does not (as stated) apply to the “Content that glorifies violence or the perpetrators of a violent act.”
Nor does it apply to the preexisting hateful conduct policy, “You may not promote violence against or directly attack or threaten other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or disease. ”
Of course, they have been inconsistent in enforcing the existing policy and given certain high-profile Twitter users a pass on it without an explicit exception, so one would expect that to continue with the new policies even where no explicit exception applies.
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#13Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Right-Wing Conduct and Conservative Behavior (blog.twitter.com)
If conservatives and the right wing are so worried about Nazi bans impacting them, they should perhaps stop being so much like Nazis as to make distinguishing between the two so difficult.
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#14Specifically, there's a this policy does not apply to military or government entities loophole to these new rules, which many believe to be a workaround for these rules not applying to Trump.
Yeah, this is absolute doublespeak. Twitter's not 'enforcing' anything, and as others have pointed out, they are actually making the situation worse. Now it's clear that even Twitter says if you're rich and famous you can be abusive without the same consequences as someone who is not wealthy. Ridiculous.
Nobody has ever held Trump accountable for anything. Hilariously, Twitter holds a lot of power over Trump due to controlling his popular account. They could hold him accountable. They choose not to. Insane.
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#15Specifically, there's a this policy does not apply to military or government entities loophole to these new rules, which many believe to be a workaround for these rules not applying to Trump.
That is interesting, as it reinforces the power of incumbency. If you’re the president you can say whatever you like, but if you’re a presidential challenger you have to play by the rules.
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#16Enforcing New Rules to Reduce Right-Wing Conduct and Conservative Behavior (blog.twitter.com)
Right-wing and conservative politics are inherently hateful, violent, and abusive? Is that the point you meant to make?
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#17"Content that glorifies violence or the perpetrators of a violent act. This includes celebrating any violent act in a manner that may inspire others to replicate it" Does this apply to videos of NFL tackles? Videos of NFL tackles glorify violence and glorify the tackler (the perpetrator of a violent act).
Pretty sure the common definition of "violence" excludes such things.
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#18I've gone through and reported a number of accounts that seem to violate this policy after the announcement and made note of the usernames and if they were a left wing or right wing organization. I'm curious to see if this will be enforced equally.
How do I subscribe for updates on this?
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#19Meaningless until they enforce this with their star contributors. Otherwise it's just further enforcing a set of rules for stars and another for everyone else.
Yep the verified check was simply a way to impose class distinction. You should hit up Mastodon/GnuSocial.
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#20I've gone through and reported a number of accounts that seem to violate this policy after the announcement and made note of the usernames and if they were a left wing or right wing organization. I'm curious to see if this will be enforced equally.
How do I subscribe for updates on this?
I'll make a post in January and report back.