Twitter Announces Policy Against "Synthetic Media Likely to Cause Harm"

Twitter Policy Decisions

Twitter announced a new policy against “synthetic media” in a blog post titled “Building rules in public: Our approach to synthetic & manipulated media.” The policy was summarized as follows:

You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label Tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand the media’s authenticity and to provide additional context.


Sources / Relevant Material

  1. blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2020/new-approach-to-synthetic-and-manipulated-media.html
  2. twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1224799838895607809
  3. BitChute "Twitter Rolls Out Draconian Newspeak Rule Against "Synthetic Media" (Bitchute Exclusive)" by Styxhexenhammer666 (5 Feb 2020)