Twitter has removed 1,500 accounts following coordinated trolling campaign
how the website is changing how it enforces its policies regarding harmful tweets. He explained that the company treats first person and bystander reports differently:"Because bystanders don’t always have full context, we have a higher bar for bystander reports in order to find a violation." That's why reports by uninvolved third parties about hateful conduct on the platform often get marked as non-violation evens if they do violate its policies.
Roth ended his series of tweets with a promise to reveal more about how the website is changing how it enforces its rules. However, a newreport puts into question how Twitter's staff can enforce its policies in the coming days. According to the news organization, Twitter has frozen most employees' access to internal tools used for content moderation.
Apparently, most members of Twitter's Trust and Safety organization have lost the ability to penalize accounts that break rules regarding hateful conduct and misinformation. This event has understandably raised concerns among employees on how Twitter will be able to keep the spread of misinformation in check, when the November 8th US midterm election is just a few days away.
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