Twitter will no longer allow users to share images or videos of private individuals without that person’s consent
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Twitter will no longer allow users to share images or videos of private individuals without that person’s consent, the company announced Tuesday.
The policy expands on the social media company’s existing policy banning users from sharing a person’s private information such as a phone number or address.
The ban won’t pertain to sharing videos or images of public figures.
Twitter said that it also acknowledges that videos or images of private individuals may be shared “as part of a newsworthy event or to further public discourse on issues or events of public interest.”
In those cases, Twitter said “we may allow the media to remain on the platform,” but the company did not detail in Tuesday’s blog post how those decisions will be made.
