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Also, FWIW I think this is the wrong call. Jones’ behavior isn’t a one-off. Twitter started examining offline behavior as a factor in verification last fall. If your policy doesn’t account for Jones-like activity on/offline then the policy isn’t serving a healthy conversation 2/4
If I still worked for you I’d have advised you to frame this as a sign that if current Twitter policies permit verified accounts to encourage followers to harass/harm people offline, then the policies aren’t working as intended & Twitter is looking hard at the way forward 3/4
Designing scalable policy on this is incredibly hard. No company will always get it right. But this is an opportunity to take a stand and commit to making and enforcing hard choices in service of promoting healthy conversation. I hope you revisit this decision. 4/4
Yeah loads of blue check marks are way out of line… Quick look at #VerifiedHate makes that very clear.
Like Maxine waters? Pretty sure she’s still on Twitter #obamahack
So far NOT ONE accuser, person, media outlet etc has offered any proof that Jones fomented harassment of anyone. Where's your proof? Don't give me some article that has the ability to but does not post video proof of their claims. If it happened the video evidence does exist.
You seem to be involved in a lot of work I suggest you stick to it job and quit trying to b the authoritarian and Twitter police, @RealAlexJones alex has done nothing but speak truth
You are far more polite than I would be if I was you. I just keep saying DO BETTER, lol.
What you are saying is ridiculous. You want to silence those who have different views. Maybe twitter should delete your account for making such false claims.
Communism sucks.
That's a great call out Emily. No one should be harassed, harmed, or bullied yet that is exactly what is happening to conservatives. See @RealCandaceO and @charliekirk11 breakfast. If you are conservative you are considered a Nazi and everything you say is hate speech.
The left doesnt get it. It is about being Americans and having freedom of speech. We are all equal but they want to shut down what has become the majority in this country. I live in blue state Colorado and you would be amazed how many are #WalkAwayFromDemocrats including myself
One should not make a claim and offer ZERO evidence to support their claim. You and others have claimed he encouraged harassment and have offered no evidence.
So you don't support free speech?
Of course you were with Obama,that explains your unconstitutional desires to censor opposing viewpoints. This is America and we are becoming strong again. You no longer have the perverted politics of Obama to hide behind. BTW I voted for the liar twice. Voted dem 38s yr, no more
Maxine Waters right?
I agree 100% Emily - As a Trust & Safety Specialist, we have an obligation in this field to do the ethical thing. Just like you said, if the rules permit someone to use the platform as a platform to encourage abuse, the platform's rules are broken. @jack
So we should track back every bad thing that happens to a Twitter tweet and try to decide causation? Caustic responses more often seem to come from "holier than thou" leftist positions. Wandering main stream twitter is unappetizing right now. Forget trending topics.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by trying to decide causation?
I do think that @twitter 's Trust & Safety Team should track and take the appropriate action in response to all tweets that are threatening in nature or incite violence. @TwitterSafety
She says twitter started examining offline behavior...what are the rules there?
It seems like the off-line behavior review is in relation to Verification. Personally, I think Verification should be available to anyone who is able to verify their identify. She is speaking against Alex's on platform behavior encouraging off platform violence which is wrong.
But how do you tie them, hence causality. Or doesn't it matter? So then what are those rules, and why would behavior be tied to getting a check mark?
I work in Trust & Safety but not for Twitter, but here's my guess: Verification is a perk, it's not required to access and use the platform. If off-platform behavior is considered violent or not in line with the company's mission, why endorse them?
It's an argument. But leads to subjective opinion. @RealAlexJones was one of a few to object to U.S. bombing Damascus over premature assessment of possible sarin use. U.S. claimed open source helped their decision, did not listen to Russian assertions. No sarin found. Causality?
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