Twitter is stepping up its surveillance on the removal of abusive content. THE company attributed its actions to policy changes it made during 2020.
Twitter has increased its platform monitoring. This is one of its key elements most recent company transparency report, which he announced on Wednesday. Between July 1 and December 31, 2020, Twitter reported taking action against 964.459 accounts for misconduct. Compared to the first six months of 2020, this is an increase of 142%.
At the same time, Twitter also removed similar content with hate speech and violence. On this front, the company reports that it took action against 1.126.990 accounts, an increase of 77% from the 635.415 accounts reprimanded in the first half of 2020.
Twitter is also discussing expanding its hate speech policy, which would see the company ban racist messages that discriminate against people based on their race, ethnicity or national origin.treatment.
At another point of her reports, Twitter also attributes its recent success to the best technology. Από το δεύτερο εξάμηνο του περασμένου έτους, η εταιρεία ισχυρίζεται ότι τα αυτοματοποιημένα tools εποπτείας της, βοήθησαν να αναλάβει δράση κατά του 65 τοις εκατό των καταχρηστικών tweets και άλλων συμπεριφορών, προτού κάποιος χρειαστεί να τα επισημάνει ως παραβατικά.
Apparently, Twitter has not yet completely stopped the abusive messages, harassment and hate speech from its platform, but today's report shows that the company is making at least some progress in this area.