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Twitter Begins Enforcing New Safety Policies, Banning Violators

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Twitter has announced that its latest initiative to crackdown on trolls and abuse is now going into full effect. Which in some ways seems quite odd. Like, if you’re going to eliminate this type of behavior, why aren’t you just doing it, why wait to launch a specific initiative?

Regardless, last month Twitter announced a new set of rules to tackle such issues, following another wave of criticism over their handling of complaints, abuse, profile verification – pretty much every element of the process. Now, they’re going into effect – as explained by Twitter:

“Today, we will start enforcing updates to the Twitter Rules announced last month to reduce hateful and abusive content on Twitter. Through our policy development process, we’ve taken a collaborative approach to develop and implement these changes, including working in close coordination with experts on our Trust and Safety Council.”

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