{"id":3965,"date":"2021-12-08T11:36:56","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T10:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/08\/so-vague-it-invites-abuse-how-twitters-new-privacy-policy-helps-the-far-right\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T11:36:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T10:36:56","slug":"so-vague-it-invites-abuse-how-twitters-new-privacy-policy-helps-the-far-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/08\/so-vague-it-invites-abuse-how-twitters-new-privacy-policy-helps-the-far-right\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018So vague, it invites abuse\u2019: how Twitter\u2019s new privacy policy helps the far right"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The policy meant to tackle doxxing on the platform has left many anti-fascist activists locked out of their accounts<\/p>\n<p>How could a policy intended to protect against doxxing and harassment go so wrong, so quickly?<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Twitter announced it would start penalizing users who tweet \u201cprivate media\u201d, or images of other users shared without their consent, \u201cthat is not available elsewhere online as a tool to harass, intimidate and reveal the identities of individuals\u201d.<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2021\/dec\/08\/twitter-new-privacy-policy-far-right\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/df547e7317d2af6d991adb3a8b2cf844cb7a8ca2\/0_71_3058_1836\/master\/3058.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fe220a282694aec733e4f102af4e29ae\" title=\"\u2018So vague, it invites abuse\u2019: how Twitter\u2019s new privacy policy helps the far right\" \/>The policy meant to tackle doxxing on the platform has left many anti-fascist activists locked out of their accounts<br \/>\nHow could a policy intended to protect against doxxing and harassment go so wrong, so quickly?<br \/>\nLast week, Twitter announced it would start penalizing users who tweet \u201cprivate media\u201d, or images of other users shared without their consent, \u201cthat is not available elsewhere online as a tool to harass, intimidate and reveal the identities of individuals\u201d.  Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The policy meant to tackle doxxing on the platform has left many anti-fascist activists locked out of their accounts How could a policy intended to protect against doxxing and harassment go so wrong, so quickly? Last week, Twitter announced it would start penalizing users who tweet \u201cprivate media\u201d, or images of other users shared without &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/12\/08\/so-vague-it-invites-abuse-how-twitters-new-privacy-policy-helps-the-far-right\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018So vague, it invites abuse\u2019: how Twitter\u2019s new privacy policy helps the far right<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}