Twitter has made significant headway in increasing its online safety. By leveraging its latest technology to enhance content monitoring, users are now experiencing less abuse on Twitter today than they were six months ago.
Highlights of the progress made to continue improving the Twitter experience include:
· Twitter is now taking action on 10 times the number of abusive accounts every day compared to the same time last year
· Twitter accounts that demonstrate abusive behaviour are now limited for a time, and told why
· Twitter’s Quality Filter has led to fewer unwanted interactions: blocks after @mentions from people you don’t follow is down 40 per cent
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TRANSPARENCY AND SPEED: TWITTER RAMPS UP ITS ONLINE SAFETY
TRANSPARENCY AND SPEED: TWITTER RAMPS UP ITS ONLINE SAFETY
Singapore, 21 July 2017 – Twitter
has made significant headway in increasing its online safety. By leveraging its
latest technology to enhance content monitoring, users are now experiencing
less abuse on Twitter today than they were six months ago.
has made significant headway in increasing its online safety. By leveraging its
latest technology to enhance content monitoring, users are now experiencing
less abuse on Twitter today than they were six months ago.
Twitter’s commitment to move faster to become safer started in January, when
research was conducted to understand the issues at a deeper level. A range of
product updates followed
and Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council were
then convened to gather feedback and help guide the project forward.
research was conducted to understand the issues at a deeper level. A range of
product updates followed
and Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council were
then convened to gather feedback and help guide the project forward.
Here are some new data on the progress made, what has been
learned, and future plans to continue improving the Twitter experience:
learned, and future plans to continue improving the Twitter experience:
1. Twitter
has promised to do more with its technology. The company is now taking action
on 10x the number of abusive accounts every day compared to the same
time last year. Twitter now also limits account functionality or
places suspensions on thousands more abusive accounts each day. In the last
four months alone, Twitter’s new systems have removed twice the number of
accounts owned by repeat offenders who create new accounts after being
suspended for violations. Beyond the technology, teams at Twitter are
continuing to review content daily and to improve policy enforcement.
has promised to do more with its technology. The company is now taking action
on 10x the number of abusive accounts every day compared to the same
time last year. Twitter now also limits account functionality or
places suspensions on thousands more abusive accounts each day. In the last
four months alone, Twitter’s new systems have removed twice the number of
accounts owned by repeat offenders who create new accounts after being
suspended for violations. Beyond the technology, teams at Twitter are
continuing to review content daily and to improve policy enforcement.
2. Twitter is
also being more assertive in addressing problematic Tweets, including
communicating more with the people who send them. Accounts that demonstrate
abusive behaviour are now limited for a time, and told why. Accounts
that Twitter puts into this period of limited functionality generate 25 per
cent fewer abuse reports, and approximately 65 per cent of these accounts are
in this state just once.
also being more assertive in addressing problematic Tweets, including
communicating more with the people who send them. Accounts that demonstrate
abusive behaviour are now limited for a time, and told why. Accounts
that Twitter puts into this period of limited functionality generate 25 per
cent fewer abuse reports, and approximately 65 per cent of these accounts are
in this state just once.
3. Twitter
has introduced new ways to customise people’s experience, including
notification filters and muting keywords. The Quality Filter has led to fewer
unwanted interactions: blocks after @mentions from people you don’t
follow is down 40 per cent. These numbers will vary, but the approach is
having a positive impact. Twitter has consistent harassment definitions and
policies that apply to everyone.
has introduced new ways to customise people’s experience, including
notification filters and muting keywords. The Quality Filter has led to fewer
unwanted interactions: blocks after @mentions from people you don’t
follow is down 40 per cent. These numbers will vary, but the approach is
having a positive impact. Twitter has consistent harassment definitions and
policies that apply to everyone.
Ed Ho, General Manager, Consumer Product and Engineering at
Twitter said: “We’re pleased to see that every person now
has more control of what they see and experience on Twitter using these new
tools. Online safety is an issue best solved in partnership with others, so
Twitter will continue to collaborate with its Trust & Safety Council,
industry experts, and academics to solicit ongoing feedback, for its commitment
to making Twitter a safe place for free expression.”
Twitter said: “We’re pleased to see that every person now
has more control of what they see and experience on Twitter using these new
tools. Online safety is an issue best solved in partnership with others, so
Twitter will continue to collaborate with its Trust & Safety Council,
industry experts, and academics to solicit ongoing feedback, for its commitment
to making Twitter a safe place for free expression.”
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