{"id":5071,"date":"2017-10-22T16:45:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T16:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2017-10-22T16:45:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T16:45:55","slug":"twitter-rolls-new-safety-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/10\/22\/twitter-rolls-new-safety-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter rolls out new safety calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to make its platform a safer place, Twitter has rolled out a new safety calendar that describes upcoming changes to the company\u2019s rules towards hate speech and abuse.<!--more-->The calendar also includes information on how Twitter communicates with people who violate the rules and how its enforcement process works.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter, which has 328 million users, has been under intense scrutiny for allowing abusive and hateful posts on its platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we said last week, we\u2019re updating our approach to make Twitter a safer place. This won\u2019t be a quick or easy fix, but we\u2019re committed to getting it right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStarting today, you can expect regular, real-time updates about our progress,\u201d the company said in a blog post late on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The information includes suspending accounts of violent groups, along with not letting people have abusive or hateful usernames.<\/p>\n<p>The micro-blogging platform reiterated that it will update the way it reviews reports from people who witness rule violations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsistent interpretation and enforcement of our rules is our objective. We also need to remove the burden of reporting from those who are targeted. We\u2019ve prioritised the work,\u201d Dorsey said in a recent tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, in an internal email, Twitter\u2019s head of safety policy has emailed members of its Trust and Safety Council on new rules to promote free speech and curb violence and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture source: Alamy Image <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to make its platform a safer place, Twitter has rolled out a new safety calendar that describes upcoming changes to the company\u2019s rules towards hate speech and abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[89,49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5071"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5073,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5071\/revisions\/5073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}