@kevincorke
Well, well, well… Ch-ch-ch-changes at @Twitter"#Censorship2020 https://twitter.com/kevincorke/status/1316929055225151488
@vijaya
"Over the last 24 hours, we’ve received significant feedback (from critical to supportive) about how we enforced our Hacked Materials Policy yesterday. After reflecting on this feedback, we have decided to make changes to the policy and how we enforce it." https://twitter.com/vijaya/status/1316923549236551680/282803452#p282803452
"Why the changes? We want to address the concerns that there could be many unintended consequences to journalists, whistleblowers and others in ways that are contrary to Twitter’s purpose of serving the public conversation."
"We put the Hacked Materials Policy in place back in 2018(INSERT: BUT Where's Hunter's laptop was NOT HACKED!)to discourage and mitigate harms associated with hacks and unauthorized exposure of private information. We tried to find the right balance between people’s privacy and the right of free expression, but we can do better."
"We’ve recently added new product capabilities, such as labels to provide people with additional context. We are no longer limited to Tweet removal as an enforcement action."
"We believe that labeling Tweets and empowering people to assess content for themselves better serves the public interest and public conversation. The Hacked Material Policy is being updated to reflect these new enforcement capabilities."
So, what’s changing?
1. "We will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by hackers or those acting in concert with them"
2. "We will label Tweets to provide context instead of blocking links from being shared on Twitter"