{"id":90870,"date":"2020-10-16T19:47:42","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:47:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/twitter-changes-hacked-material-policy-amid-ny-post-controversy\/"},"modified":"2020-10-16T19:47:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T16:47:42","slug":"twitter-changes-hacked-material-policy-amid-ny-post-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-changes-hacked-material-policy-amid-ny-post-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Twitter changes hacked material policy amid NY Post controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f38c9f3ab8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f38c9f3ab8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-changes-hacked-material-policy-amid-ny-post-controversy\/#Twitters_decision_to_block_the_link_has_riled_up_conservative_lawmakers\" >Twitter&#8217;s decision to block the link has riled up conservative lawmakers.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/twitter-changes-hacked-material-policy-amid-ny-post-controversy\/#This_weeks_top_technology_stories\" >This week\u2019s top technology stories<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> changes hacked material policy amid NY Post controversy<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-sub-head\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Twitters_decision_to_block_the_link_has_riled_up_conservative_lawmakers\"><\/span>Twitter&#8217;s decision to block the link has riled up conservative lawmakers. <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content-wrapper\">\n<p>Twitter announced on late Thursday that it would be updating its hacked materials policy in response to outcry over its ban of a story from the <em>New York Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Vijaya Gadde, a policy executive with Twitter, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijaya\/status\/1316923549236551680\">stated<\/a> that the change came after the company received \u201csignificant feedback\u201d over its decision to block an article related to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the last 24 hours, we\u2019ve received significant feedback (from critical to supportive) about how we enforced our Hacked Materials Policy yesterday,\u201d Gadde tweeted. \u201cAfter reflecting on this feedback, we have decided to make changes to the policy and how we enforce it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Over the last 24 hours, we\u2019ve received significant feedback (from critical to supportive) about how we enforced our Hacked Materials Policy yesterday. After reflecting on this feedback, we have decided to make changes to the policy and how we enforce it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vijaya Gadde (@vijaya) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijaya\/status\/1316923549236551680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Twitter had <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1316525305796980737\">cited its policy<\/a> when blocking the story, which included private photos of Hunter Biden as well as supposed emails detailing alleged corruption on behalf of the former vice president.<\/p>\n<p>Experts were immediately skeptical of the story given that much of the data, which was supposedly discovered on a damaged laptop that was given to the <em>Post<\/em> by President Donald Trump\u2019s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, could not be independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter\u2019s initial decision to ban the story, based partly on the mysterious origins of the emails and photos, only served to amplify it further. This led to widespread <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-10-15\/facebook-twitter-chided-anew-by-republicans-over-ny-post-story\">complaints from conservatives<\/a> that the tech giant was attempting to protect Biden ahead of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter ultimately concluded that \u201cunintended consequences to journalists, whistleblowers and others\u201d could occur as a result of the policy\u2019s current wording, Gadde wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe put the Hacked Materials Policy in place back in 2018 to discourage and mitigate harms associated with hacks and unauthorized exposure of private information,\u201d Gadde added. \u201cWe tried to find the right balance between people\u2019s privacy and the right of free expression, but we can do better.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We put the Hacked Materials Policy in place back in 2018 to discourage and mitigate harms associated with hacks and unauthorized exposure of private information. We tried to find the right balance between people\u2019s privacy and the right of free expression, but we can do better.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vijaya Gadde (@vijaya) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijaya\/status\/1316923552549998594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Moving forward, Twitter says it will no longer remove hacked content \u201cunless it is directly shared by hackers or those acting in concert with them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead of blocking links like it did with the <em>Post<\/em>\u2018s story, Twitter will now provide context by adding labels to certain tweets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So, what\u2019s changing? <\/p>\n<p>1. We will no longer remove hacked content unless it is directly shared by hackers or those acting in concert with them<\/p>\n<p>2. We will label Tweets to provide context instead of blocking links from being shared on Twitter<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vijaya Gadde (@vijaya) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijaya\/status\/1316923557268652033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey also reiterated the company\u2019s plans to no longer block certain links and instead use labels to inform users.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStraight blocking of URLs was wrong, and we updated our policy and enforcement to fix,\u201d Dorsey <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1317081843443912706\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cOur goal is to attempt to add context, and now we have capabilities to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Straight blocking of URLs was wrong, and we updated our policy and enforcement to fix. Our goal is to attempt to add context, and now we have capabilities to do that. <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZLUw3YD887\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZLUw3YD887<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jack (@jack) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1317081843443912706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Twitter stressed its other rules regarding hacking still <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ly, \u201csuch as our rules against posting private information, synthetic and manipulated media, and non-consensual nudity.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"This_weeks_top_technology_stories\"><\/span>This week\u2019s top technology stories<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>In the 2020 election, killing Section 230 is the only bipartisan issue <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Trump blasted TikTok for collecting \u2018vast swaths\u2019 of data\u2014his 2020 app does the same thing <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Will a Biden-Harris administration break up big tech?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Right-wing militias have adopted QAnon with frightening ease <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6 signs it\u2019s time to get a new phone (Sponsored)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailydot.us18.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=557794e049a42cb8dcdf4eacc&amp;id=14207741b3\"><em>Sign up<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to receive the best of the internet straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit\">\n<p>                                                                                                <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\"><br \/>\n                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=de8wRd2TQQU\">Wired\/YouTube<\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-stamp\">\n<p class=\"date-stamp inline-flex\">\n                            Oct 16, 2020, 11:47 am                      <\/p>\n<p class=\"author-name inline-flex\">Tech<\/p>\n<p>  <noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mikael Thalen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-22-at-2.57.05-PM-50x50.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-50 photo\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mikael Thalen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-22-at-2.57.05-PM-50x50.png\" class=\"lazyload avatar avatar-50 photo\" height=\"50\" width=\"50\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"author-name inline-flex\">Mikael Thalen<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/debug\/twitter-hacked-materials-policy-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Twitter changes hacked material policy amid NY Post controversy &#8221; Twitter&#8217;s decision to block the link has riled up conservative lawmakers. 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