Tweets removed for policy violations are now easier to spot

Twitter has announced some new changes that will make it easier for users to understand when a tweet has been deleted due to a violation of its policies. Acting upon feedback from users that it is not clear when the micro-blogging website has taken an action against tweets, the company is adding notices. A notice stating “The Tweet is unavailable because it violated the Twitter Rules” will be displayed when a tweet is removed, along with a link to the Twitter Rules and how they are enforced. The notice will show up on both the account’s profile and the specific Tweet for 14 days after the Tweet is deleted. The new change will be made on both, the Twitter app and the website, in the coming weeks.  Additionally, even after reporting a post, users would still be able to see the tweet. Now, Twitter will hide that tweet and show a notice instead. Users can still tap the notice to view the hidden tweet, if need be. Twitter states via a blog post, “Since early 2017, we’ve shipped more than 100 changes or experiments, made more than a dozen policy updates, expanded our teams and enforcement – all to continue building a safer Twitter. We’ve updated our rules with more details and examples to make them easier to understand, improved communication to people who break our rules so they know which Tweet caused the issue and which rule it broke, and notify people with our apps about the reports they file.” Back in August, all Twitter posts cross-published by users on Facebook were deleted and no one knew why. However, it was later revealed that the reason cross-posted tweets were deleted because Twitter deleted its Facebook platform app, which was no longer usable since its API access was cut off. However, what’s more worrisome is that neither of the social media platforms estimated or had any reason to believe that deletion of the app could cause data loss. The deleted cross-published posts have since been restored. You can learn more about it here.

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