We want to provide much needed clarity around the actions we’ve taken with respect to two NY Post articles that were first Tweeted this morning.
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The images contained in the articles include personal and private information — like email addresses and phone numbers — which violate our rules.https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information …
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As noted this morning, we also currently view materials included in the articles as violations of our Hacked Materials Policy.https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hacked-materials …
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Commentary on or discussion about hacked materials, such as articles that cover them but do not include or link to the materials themselves, aren’t a violation of this policy. Our policy only covers links to or images of hacked material themselves.
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The policy, established in 2018, prohibits the use of our service to distribute content obtained without authorization. We don’t want to incentivize hacking by allowing Twitter to be used as distribution for possibly illegally obtained materials.https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2018/an-update-on-our-elections-integrity-work.html …
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We know we have more work to do to provide clarity in our product when we enforce our rules in this manner. We should provide additional clarity and context when preventing the Tweeting or DMing of URLs that violate our policies.
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We recognize that Twitter is just one of many places where people can find information online, and the Twitter Rules are intended to protect the conversation on our service, and to add context to people’s experience where we can.
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It's not hacking. When you abandon your laptop at a repair shop for more than 90 days without paying, it becomes the property of that shop.pic.twitter.com/MMNCzQTFA3
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Yes, the device is their property—not the data. Furthermore, the shop owner is liable for sharing the customer's private data.
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They were published in a national newspaper, there's no way to interpret that information as private
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