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Sharing images is an important part of folks' experience on Twitter. People should have a choice in determining whether or not a photo is shared publicly. To that end we are expanding the scope of our Private Information Policy. 
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Beginning today, we will not allow the sharing of private media, such as images or videos of private individuals without their consent. Publishing people's private info is also prohibited under the policy, as is threatening or incentivizing others to do so.
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Let’s unpack what this means.
This policy update will help curb the misuse of media to harass, intimidate, and reveal the identities of private individuals, which disproportionately impacts women, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities.
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Images/videos that show people participating in public events (like large scale protests, sporting events, etc.) would generally not violate this policy.
For more on what is NOT in violation, read the full policy here:
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To be clear, we require a first-person report of the photo/video in question (or from an authorized representative). After we receive a report, that particular media will be reviewed before any enforcement action is taken.
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Context matters. Our existing private information policy includes many exceptions in order to enable robust reporting on newsworthy events and conversations that are in the public interest.
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We will take into consideration whether the image is publicly available and/or is being covered by journalists—or if a particular image and the accompanying Tweet text adds value to the public discourse—is being shared in public interest or is relevant to the community.
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"This policy is not applicable to media featuring public figures or individuals when media and accompanying Tweet text are shared in the public interest or add value to public discourse"
who determines this?
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as a private company, twitter has quite a bit of freedom as to what it allows on its platform. twitter could decide only people with names starting with "m" are allowed to post, and it would be perfectly legal. Or that we're only allowed to post in haikus.
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This is horrible. Pictures include random folks, person, etc. in the background or not. You can't reach out to random folks and ask to post the pic you just took. This is like a State Run CCP type rule. Horrific.
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You didn't read the Blog. You can post pictures especially pictures if the people are stars through media.They don't want you to use Instagram personal pictures. Like using a Friend of a stars. You have to ask permission. They control those pics, they took them.
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Does this mean videos of crimes in action and parades are not allowed?
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I hope they are NOT talking about anything happening in a public space.
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This policy is astonishingly vague, badly written, and wide open to abuse. Your pool of moderators does not realistically have enough local knowledge to make the assessments required. What are you thinking here?
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yeah kinda sounds like a republican wrote it
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So no more sharing a video of a racist caught harassing POC, so people on Twitter can find out who that racist is...?
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Hopefully this’ll help stop community doxxing efforts, thanks for the positivity!
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Lots of potential confusion with this new privacy policy. Note, I did not get my Friend’s permission to post this - so is this prohibited? Who does the flagging? How will this work? What if I make it a gif and put in the library for me or anyone to upload?
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All those questions are actually answered in the link they included. help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-p
Basically, if your "Friend" objected, it would be removed.
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So if I take a picture of a landmark and have some people in it, would posting that violate this policy? Or if I share a video like the one of George Floyd being murdered, would I need the consent of everyone in that video? Because that video is the reason there was justice.
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First instance, yes, if those people were recognizable and had an objection to their image being shared. A simple "blur" could make the photo fine.
The second instance would be covered by this-
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This is definitely going to be used to suppress videos/images of police brutality
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Cops already learned that if they play Disney owned music on their phones while people are recording them then the videos will be removed from most online platforms.
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As the World waits for what is to be unfolded 
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Does this mean i could get banned for this as i didnt have pingus consent
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Pingu adds value to public discourse - so probably not
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They should not have a choice if it’s taken in a public setting. Constitutional law - a massive number of cases - has established this.
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twitter however, does have the choice as to whether they want to host that content.
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If this policy had been in place a year ago, there's a real good chance no one would have ever been charged in the Ahmaud Arbery case and who knows how many other instances of crimes by police.
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Nope.
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Why is he getting sprayed? He is standing with his hands above his head bothering no one except the police man that wanted to use the spray before it expired.
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