Twitter has been adding various new features to its micro-blogging platform to protect users’ privacy. It recently introduced a feature that allows users to unmention themselves from unwanted tweets earlier this year and has now released another privacy-focused feature. This new feature, which is a part of its updated Private Information Policy, will refrain people from sharing others’ photos and videos without their consent or authorization.
The company recently shared a tweet to announce the expansion of the policy. The move comes a day after Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down from the CEO position to make way for the former CTO of the company, Parag Agrawal.
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. 🧵— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) November 30, 2021
Furthermore, the company understands that people tend to share others’ private images and videos to help them get out of a crisis. In these cases, Twitter will assess the context of the media and “would take into consideration whether the image is publicly available and/ or is being covered by mainstream/ traditional media” such as newspapers, TV channels, or online news websites.
