Twitter has started putting labels on the tweets that have been flagged for violating the company’s hate policy. When Twitter detects a tweet violating its hate speech policy, it will limit the reach of the post and put a label to it that reads “Visibility limited: this tweet may violate Twitter’s rules against hateful conduct.”
We’re adding more transparency to the enforcement actions we take on Tweets. As a first step, soon you’ll start to see labels on some Tweets identified as potentially violating our rules around Hateful Conduct letting you know that we’ve limited their visibility. ????…
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) April 17, 2023
Putting Labels to the Tweets to Reduce Binary Content Moderation
The company said that restricting the reach of Tweets helps reduce binary ‘leave up versus take down’ content moderation decisions and supports our freedom of speech vs freedom of reach approach. Furthermore, it has admitted that there might be mistakes in labeling the tweets, so authors can submit feedback.
The author of a wrongly labeled tweet can effectively appeal the decision by providing feedback. However, the company said it may not acknowledge the feedback or restore the tweet’s typical reach. Twitter states that the new visibility policy will be more granular as it will be applied at the tweet level and not the account level.
Read more: Twitter to Label Tweets That Get Downranked For Violating its Hate Speech Policy
