In a nutshell: Twitter is changing its policy on sharing private information of individuals to include pictures or videos. It already bans tweets containing someone's phone number, email address, real name, etc. The inclusion of media is a small addition to the rule, but it does exclude public figures in most cases.
On Tuesday, Twitter
announced that it is expanding its private information policy to include pictures and video. The social media platform already
prohibits tweets that dox individuals or contain hateful messages. Its new rules will ban users from posting any media of private individuals without their consent.
"There are growing concerns about the misuse of media and information that is not available elsewhere online as a tool to harass, intimidate, and reveal the identities of individuals," Twitter Safety notes. "Sharing personal media, such as images or videos, can potentially violate a person's privacy, and may lead to emotional or physical harm."
Twitter believes that sharing private media has a "disproportionate effect" on particular groups, including women, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities.
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