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Twitter Will Ban Revenge Porn and Non-consensual Nudes

AmiMoJo writes: Twitter has changed its rules to state it will forbid users from posting revenge porn and non-consensual nudes on its service. In the private information section of the site's policy list, the company added that users "may not post intimate photos or videos that were taken or distributed without the subject's consent." Twitter seemed to indicate that it would use some combination of automated and manual checks to decide whether a reported post is revenge porn or not before removing the post. "We will ask a reporting user to verify that he or she is the individual in question in content alleged to be violating our policy and to confirm that the photo or video in question was posted without consent." There will be an appeal process too.

In February, reddit made a similar rules change after the site was embroiled in controversy for allowing the posting of stolen nude celebrity photos in 2014. Banning "involuntary pornography," reddit urged victims to e-mail the site with details so administrators could remove the offending posts.

114 comments

  1. Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Dudes, if you think this policy is oppressing YOU, you need to rethink your lives...

    1. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by MrLint · · Score: 5, Insightful

      This has nothing to do with ethics in games journalism. You need to get your echochamer re-aligned.

    2. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Iamthecheese · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It's funny how you think there's an association between any two of the groups in your title. It kind of shows how little you know about any of those sets of beliefs.

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      If video games influenced behavior the Pac Man generation would be eating pills and running away from their problems.
    3. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Just a heads up, that reddit's policy change only refers to non-consensual nudes of females.

      http://www.reddit.com/r/KotakuInAction/comments/2ythke/i_wish_i_was_a_female_celeb_in_gaming/

    4. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by MrLint · · Score: 1

      Yep I saw that. I use as a gauge how well those in authority apply their own rules to themselves.

    5. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      That's ageist.

    6. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by ralphsiegler · · Score: 2

      Address a female as "Woman" at work, and get back to us on how well that went

    7. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      If it only applies to women, then it is, in fact, unequal.

      As someone who sympathizes with MRAs and GG (though not RedPill - seriously WTF), that's technically better than nothing (revenge porn is bad, mmkay?), but sharing unauthorized nudes of males should also be against the rules-in-practice.

      By the way, if someone also calls "men" "males", then them referring to "women" as "females" is fine. You "Social Justice" types are just driving more and more people into the opposition, especially when you go around acting like the opposition are all one uniform lump of secret-rapist revenge-porn-posting strawman racist misogynists.

      Also, I don't see any claim of "oppression."

    8. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Dudes, if you think this policy is oppressing YOU, you need to rethink your lives...

      Gamers aren't being oppressed. They are being defamed by games journalists. To the point where even Middle America crime drama like law and order are presenting hysterical portrayals of gamers not seen since the 1990s. It's becoming difficult to tell portrayal, from parody, from parody of portrayal.

      But at least the media in the 1990's had Columbine as an excuse. In its demonization and moral panic over video games, the modern media can point to, a few crude tweets and absurd strawmen constructed out of paranoid fantasies. Internet specters conjured from the fevered imaginations of US culture war casualties, rapid and deranged from a decade spent in online badger pits, spilling over into non-combat zones, where they rend and tear their former communities. To see video games ripped asunder, for expressly American political purposes, has been, disgusting.

      The reality is that the root cause of Gamergate was the false narrative of games journalists and cultural critics: That gamers and the game industry were chronically sexist, exclusionary, white male clubhouses. It was a lie from its earliest creation in ~2010, repeated without challenge for years until the day it was revealed that it was the journalists themselves who were sexist, patriarchal, and hopelessly corrupt. The response of journalists to the ensuing outrage was to pour gasoline onto the fire, double down on the false accusations of misogyny, "harassment", "hate groups" and an ever increasing parade of histrionic absurdities.

      The closest socio-historical parallel is the Witch Hunt, with journalists as the witch-finder generals, uncovering the devils work wherever they searched, regardless of whether it existed or not. In the case of the game industry, it did not, as was confirmed by gamers, and by experienced industry professionals ad nauseum for months on end. But the Hipster Inquisition dogmatically continues its work. Their chief weapon really was surprise.

    9. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by nobuddy · · Score: 3, Informative

      If you cannot see that only applying it to female pictures is unfair, then there is no hope for you at all.

    10. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Can you find anyone who said that it was oppressing them? This is perfectly reasonable.

      That said, there could be an issue if it only applies to revenge porn of women, as it appears to on Reddit, where they do not appear to care if men are harassed. Then again, that probably isn't really a man vs. woman thing, but simply a matter of which things get a lot of press.

      It's a bit weird that liberals are the ones coming out with all the moral panics these days, but it's not exactly new or different.

    11. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      If it only applies to women, then it is, in fact, unequal.

      (snip>

      Also, I don't see any claim of "oppression."

      *cough*

    12. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Yosho · · Score: 2

      Thanks for letting us know that the real problem here is the particular word he used to refer to women, not the policy that discriminates against men.

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    13. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I didn't comment on whether it's fair. I pointed out that the idiot who responded that nobody was claiming they were being oppressed was full of shit. Which you are.

    14. Re:Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      33% of replies to post: "Nobody's saying we're being oppressed"
      33%: "We are being oppressed, just look, a similar policy implemented by an entirely different website could be interpreted as applying to women only if you ignore the words and take one case whose exact details we're unaware of and interpret it as being ignored because it was a man making the complaint."
      33%: "Actually it's about Ethics in Journalism {...rant continues and oddly enough has nothing to do with ethics or journalism, but ends up being about SJWs...}

      Stay classy jerks, trolls, and pedophilia apologists, aka Gamergate!

  2. In the case of the nudes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    How do they prove it if the face is censored or missing?

    1. Re:In the case of the nudes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      They should send an uncensored nude picture of themselves to twitter admins to prove that the body matches their face, and a scan of a photo-id to prove their identity.

    2. Re:In the case of the nudes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Timestamped, of course.

    3. Re:In the case of the nudes by B33rNinj4 · · Score: 1

      I'm not sure why you were modded down, because that's a pretty valid point. Heavy-handed bans will be too difficult to defend against.

    4. Re:In the case of the nudes by penix1 · · Score: 1

      Geolocated of course...

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    5. Re:In the case of the nudes by jmcvetta · · Score: 2

      There is no defense. Accusation is guilt.

  3. This could be interesting. by Minwee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Will they start by taking down all of those naked pictures of that poor blue bird?

    1. Re:This could be interesting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      The blue bird consented.

    2. Re:This could be interesting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Animals don't count. Take note, naturalists (both meanings).

    3. Re:This could be interesting. by slew · · Score: 1

      Animals don't count. Take note, naturalists (both meanings).

      You are an animal, I am an animal... It's just that non-human animals don't have any rights in our society...

    4. Re:This could be interesting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I decline your offer for my self-categorization.

      However, I will accept yours for yourself.

    5. Re:This could be interesting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      But she drank a beer beforehand. Therefore Twitter is a rapist! Burn the witch, burn the witch, BURN THE WITCH!!!!11!!1!!!

    6. Re:This could be interesting. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Given your aooarebt intelligence level, there is a possibility that you are in fact a vegetable. However, if you insist you are not a plant, you are an animal.

      CAPTCHA: avocado

  4. Reddit by bhcompy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    In February, reddit made a similar rules change after the site was embroiled in controversy for allowing the posting of stolen nude celebrity photos in 2014. Banning "involuntary pornography," reddit urged victims to e-mail the site with details so administrators could remove the offending posts.

    Not quite. They only banned the practice for females(in practice). Males who petition to have their pictures to be removed have been ignored. SC2 streamer Destiny posted earlier this week about how reddit refuses to take down his leaked revenge nudes(which are still stored on reddit's servers as someone with a particular beef with Destiny has added the images to a custom CSS for a subreddit) and refuses to discipline those that continually post it.

    This is similar to Gawker's avid posting of Hulk Hogan's stolen sextape versus their denouncement and refusal to host images of the leaked female celebrity nudes, known as the Fappening.

    1. Re:Reddit by briancox2 · · Score: 1

      Where are my mod points? Insightful!

      More and more, I am beginning to believe that we either make ourselves comfortable with the fact that all information of any kind WILL flow through these digital lines, or we oppress ourselves with biased rules and unfair restrictions on freedom of speech.

      I think we can adapt our expectations to the new paradigm. But it will take a lot of time and testing of our pre-set inhibitions and impulse to hide to adapt our culture to the information age in such a way that it doesn't make us prisoners of rules.

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      We should learn what we need to know about issues, before we decide what we need to feel about them.
    2. Re:Reddit by pla · · Score: 4, Insightful

      They only banned the practice for females(in practice)

      "In practice", they haven't done anything, for two simple reasons:

      1) The victim needs to complain, and most will never even notice, and
      2) It takes 15 seconds to make a throwaway account, and hours or even days for someone to notice, complain, and get a response; then, 15 seconds later...


      I fully expect Twitter to have the same level of success.

    3. Re:Reddit by bhcompy · · Score: 4, Informative

      I don't disagree, but the different levels of enforcement are very evident. Entire subs were locked/deleted for the celeb nude leaks, and users were banned with posts removed within minutes to hours during the height of the leaks. Conversely, the guy I referenced has reported numerous times about a single user that continually harasses him and posts his nudes with no results. Policies like this should at least have the appearance of being fairly enforced. You can say best effort, but if you put in no effort, as is evident here, it becomes a question of fairness and agenda.

    4. Re:Reddit by bhcompy · · Score: 1

      So your anonymous unreferenced assumptions-stated-as-facts hold more veracity than an actual event happening this week? This has nothing to do with sexism and everything to do with rules being applied unevenly. If you want to make it a sexism issue that merely shows where your biases lie.

    5. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Because feminists don't care about men. It stopped being about equality 20+ years ago.

    6. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      But the different levels are most likely not male vs female, but poor nobodies vs rich celebrities.

    7. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So, by your logic:

      "protection for me, but not for thee"

    8. Re:Reddit by AmiMoJo · · Score: 1

      I googled this Destiny guy and the first thing that came up was a story about him posting revenge nudes of his girlfriend. Do you have a link to his complaint?

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    9. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      Feminism was never about equality. Neither are the various groups like the NAACP that promote racial superiority of their minority group. (It's even in the name of the NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Not equality. Advancement.)

      When these groups were founded and they represented an actual underclass, it was easy to mistake them for being about equality. When a group is plainly less than equal, increasing their rights brings society closer to equality.

      But equality is never their goal. Superiority was always their goal. Since women achieved equality years ago, the continued feminism movement is all about granting women special rights that men would never get. This is one example. Maternity leave and the ability to leave and rejoin the workforce is another. You'll never see a feminist argue that men should be allowed time off to take care of their children. You'll never see a feminist decry the lack of men teaching or men in the nursing profession. You'll never see them promote more women garbage collectors.

      It was always about placing women higher than men, it just looked like it was about equality when they were plainly unequal.

    10. Re:Reddit by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      Sounds like a pretty good case for a damages lawsuit, he should contact a lawyer and sue them into oblivion. There is also the harassment, and you could maybe get one of those new cyberbully laws used against the person.

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      APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
    11. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So? It is uneven application of their stated rule.

    12. Re:Reddit by bhcompy · · Score: 1
    13. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When these groups were founded and they represented an actual underclass

      When, exactly were upper class and upper middle class white women an underclass? By definition, never.

    14. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I googled this Destiny guy and the first thing that came up was a story about him posting revenge nudes of his girlfriend.

      That's not what I got. First thing I got was the guy's twitter. I suspect Google rearranged results for you based on your own search habits.

      But please, do post your link about him posting revenge nudes.

    15. Re:Reddit by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 1, Flamebait

      Don't you know? Feminism is about equality, you horrible misogynist pissbaby neckbeard dudebro fuckboy shitlord. Women are just more equal than men.

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      A bullet may have your name on it but splash damage is addressed "To whom it may concern."
    16. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      One single instance doesn't prove that's the practice.

    17. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      When they couldn't vote?

    18. Re:Reddit by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 1

      1) The victim needs to complain, and most will never even notice, and 2) It takes 15 seconds to make a throwaway account, and hours or even days for someone to notice, complain, and get a response; then, 15 seconds later...

      Not only that, if Twitter enforces its rules the way they are stated, i.e.:

      may not post intimate photos or videos that were taken or distributed without the subject's consent [emphasis added]

      That "or" is crucial. Amost always, commercial nude photography pays the model (and of course it's consensual), but in exchange for pay, the photographer or company paying for the pictures retains all copy and distribution rights.

      What that means, is that the photographer or company -- i.e. the copyright holder -- can distribute those photos without consent of the model, yet perfectly legally. Not only is it legal, it's the way it's usually done.

      I warned when Reddit tried to do this that they were going to get themselves in hot water if they tried to enforce their rules as written. I now have to say the same about Twitter.

    19. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What experience do you have with commercial nude photography? Were you working for Playgirl, or just taking pictures of topless women posing with a CGI hobbit?

    20. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      People posing nude or performing on camera sign paperwork waiving their rights to the pictures and video. Your ex-girlfriend probably did not sign such a waiver and therefore is the actual copyright holder.

      All about consent.

      I'm not saying the rule will work but having this rule at least may help in court if they get sued. At worst, it may only get them out of negligence even if they get stuck with some guilt in a court case. That's where the big money starts rolling in so it does help.

    21. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, Jane's not a lesbian. Jane fantasizes about fucking hot guys, so Jane wouldn't have an ex-girlfriend.

    22. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, Men are not subject to it at equal or worse rates than women.

      Liar, liar, pants on fire!

      PS: Your class-privilege is showing. Might wanna zip that up.

    23. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Better than what I get when I Google AmiMoJo. (Seriously, it's in the third result!)

      Shit, dude, and you have the nerve to lecture us about respecting women?!

    24. Re:Reddit by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 1

      What experience do you have with commercial nude photography? Were you working for Playgirl, or just taking pictures of topless women posing with a CGI hobbit?

      It isn't just nude photography, it's ANY photography involving live models. Those are industry-standard contractual terms. I did do commercial photography for a time.

    25. Re:Reddit by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 1

      No, Jane's not a lesbian. Jane fantasizes about fucking hot guys, so Jane wouldn't have an ex-girlfriend.

      Easy to say anonymously via the internet. If we were face-to-face, I very much doubt you would have the guts to say these things. At least after you said them the first time.

    26. Re:Reddit by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 1

      I'm not saying the rule will work but having this rule at least may help in court if they get sued. At worst, it may only get them out of negligence even if they get stuck with some guilt in a court case. That's where the big money starts rolling in so it does help.

      That's not the point. If they enforce the rules as written, it is as likely to GET them sued, as it is to save them from suits.

      It is literally, and legally, not about "consent". It's about who has the rights to the pictures. If I owned the rights to the pictures, the model has no legal say in what I do with them. If he or she tried to interfere with my legal right to distribute, that would be grounds for a suit. Breach of contract, among other things.

    27. Re:Reddit by j-beda · · Score: 1

      1) The victim needs to complain, and most will never even notice, and
      2) It takes 15 seconds to make a throwaway account, and hours or even days for someone to notice, complain, and get a response; then, 15 seconds later...

      Not only that, if Twitter enforces its rules the way they are stated, i.e.:

      may not post intimate photos or videos that were taken or distributed without the subject's consent [emphasis added]

      That "or" is crucial. Amost always, commercial nude photography pays the model (and of course it's consensual), but in exchange for pay, the photographer or company paying for the pictures retains all copy and distribution rights.

      What that means, is that the photographer or company -- i.e. the copyright holder -- can distribute those photos without consent of the model, yet perfectly legally. Not only is it legal, it's the way it's usually done.

      I warned when Reddit tried to do this that they were going to get themselves in hot water if they tried to enforce their rules as written. I now have to say the same about Twitter.

      Probably all of these sites retain the ability to limit what you may post, regardless of your ownership of the content. If Reddit wants to ban images of left handed Antarticans, they are prefectly able to do so, even if I own all rights to the images. They are not required to permit anything they do not want to.

    28. Re:Reddit by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 1

      Who said I took those pictures?

      It looks like you're seriously stalking somebody. I'm not sure why you think it's me.

    29. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So you deny taking those pictures.

    30. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, it's easy to say because you've said you're not a lesbian, and fantasized about fucking "hot guys".

      But it's so cute that you're acting all macho... anonymously via the internet.

    31. Re:Reddit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      So when you took these photos of topless women posing with a CGI hobbit, did the live models sign an industry-standard contract waiving their rights to the pictures?

  5. Another blow to free speech by the feminists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    First reddit falls, and now twitter. The censorship brought on by the feminist menace has to be fought here and fought now, before the internet turns into some sort of PC "wimminspace".

    So, what our options? Going on to TOR? I2P?

    Chan's aren't an option, for obvious reasons -so post your suggestions in this thread.

    1. Re:Another blow to free speech by the feminists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      God damn feminists, making me take down my hidden bathroom cams.

    2. Re:Another blow to free speech by the feminists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Notice how civilised countries like Japan don't have that problem? I'd love to know how they solve their feminist problem.

    3. Re:Another blow to free speech by the feminists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      provocateur
      (prvkt)
      n
      1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who deliberately behaves controversially in order to provoke argument or other strong reactions

      But the French hate freedom, so we call them...

    4. Re: Another blow to free speech by the feminists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The got around the problem entirely as soon as women accepted their place in society. It's a neat country, excited to visit again.

    5. Re:Another blow to free speech by the feminists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

      Find another hobby other than revenge porn. A hike perhaps? Camping?

    6. Re:Another blow to free speech by the feminists by CohibaVancouver · · Score: 2

      This just in: Anonymous Coward's access to nude chick pics has just been reduced by 15%. Total available pictures now down to eleven-billion.

    7. Re:Another blow to free speech by the feminists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nothin' like popping a tent in public

    8. Re:Another blow to free speech by the feminists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Chan's aren't an option, for obvious reasons -so post your suggestions in this thread.

      You blew it. You'll make some dumbasses in this thread think you're serious, though.

  6. It's a trick!!! by NemoinSpace · · Score: 0

    Banning "involuntary pornography,"

    The involuntary part if fairly straight forward. But isn't posting voluntary pornography at least as risky? How do you apply local community standards to the internet?
    And who uses twitter? That is probably a greater offense.

  7. Re: Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    God damn it Anita, stop down-modding while the big boys are talking. Stupid feminists!

  8. perhaps because of risk getting sued? by pereric · · Score: 1

    Could it be that in one case, it was celebrity photos, and quite high risk getting hit by a horde of lawyers?

    1. Re:perhaps because of risk getting sued? by bhcompy · · Score: 1

      It may be, but it's still about uneven application of sitewide rules. Why not just create a rule of no unauthorized celebrity content? If the idea is to avoid litigation, then that's the most obvious choice

    2. Re:perhaps because of risk getting sued? by fustakrakich · · Score: 1

      Why not just create a rule of no unauthorized celebrity content? If the idea is to avoid litigation, then that's the most obvious choice...

      Could be bad for business. You get too restrictive, and some competition might pop up.

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    3. Re: perhaps because of risk getting sued? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Celebrities get preferential treatment, news at 11.

    4. Re: perhaps because of risk getting sued? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Female Celebrities get preferential treatment, news at 11.

      FTFY.

  9. Non-consensual, underage pictures... Legal? by gwolf · · Score: 0

    I recently posted a non-consensual photo of my newborn daughter, taken as she was brought out of the womb. Everybody congratulated us (for the baby, and for the photo, which was a great shot ;-) ).

    I somehow doubt Twitter would have an issue with her image.

    1. Re:Non-consensual, underage pictures... Legal? by Coren22 · · Score: 1

      When she complains, I am sure twitter would be willing to remove the picture.

      And congrats, being a parent is a very rewarding "job".

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      APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?
    2. Re:Non-consensual, underage pictures... Legal? by fustakrakich · · Score: 1

      Watch out! A bunch of sickos are writing the law..

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  10. They will also provide a free service to ... by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 1

    When they are at it they will also provide a free service to lock all the barn doors. In fact it will be automated. Any time anyone lodges a police complaint about their horses being stolen, twitter see the complaint in FBI database in real time, and it will spring into action and send shock troopers to lock the doors of their barns as soon as possible.

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  11. Wait, this actually exists? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I didn't think it was real. Can someone post a link to tons of amateur yumminess? Surely someone has collected this shit.

  12. Re: Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Maybe he's Ferengi?

  13. Re: Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1.. by ralphsiegler · · Score: 2

    There was a time when nicer words than either were used.

  14. Revenge porn by s0lar · · Score: 1

    Hmm... Revenge porn you said? Do you have sample links?

    1. Re:Revenge porn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      No, seriously, does anyone have any links? Because this seems like Twitter is solving a problem that doesn't exist. I've never seen "revenge porn" on Twitter. I've never seen ANY porn on Twitter. In fact all I ever really see on Twitter are useless dumb memes and feminists whining about how they're being oppressed. (Reminds me of Tumblr in that way.)

      I'm not sure why anyone cares about Twitter adjusting a policy to solve a non-existent problem. Sure, revenge porn exists, but it's not on Twitter.

      Really all this is, is yet another sign of Twitter's increasing irrelevance. Twitter hasn't been meaningful for quite a few years and reducing free speech on the platform - for any reason - sure isn't going to help change that.

  15. http://tech.slashdot.org/~AmiMoJo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Does this mean troll extraordinaire AmiMojo will be banned from posting sick, perverted shit like:

    "You filthy slut, how dare you cum without my permission. Maybe I should gag that pretty mouth on my dick until tears are rolling down your face, or tie you up, blind fold you, and use your little ass all night (and deny that wet pussy completely, I don't think you've earned it). I'll have to decide when I get my hands on you, but don't think being far away makes you exempt from punishment either. You can expect your orders shortly."

    More here.

  16. come for the banality by jmcvetta · · Score: 2

    Twitter - come for the banality, stay for the censorship!

  17. Re: Cue MRAs/GamerGators/Redpillers in 3...2...1.. by nobuddy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Sugartits?

  18. Re:As expected since they are large companies. by nobuddy · · Score: 1

    You seriously need to learn what "liberals" means. It is not a generic curse, like "asshole" or "fuckwad". It has actual meaning. Your constant misuse of it makes you look ignorant.

  19. Okay. by man_ls · · Score: 1

    So, subjects in photographs other than the rightsholder now have veto power over when those works are displayed? We're just a couple court cases for anyone tagged in an unflattering Facebook photo to demand it be deleted from the Internet entirely, not just untagged.

  20. Disable pic tweets by GoodNewsJimDotCom · · Score: 1

    Twitter should have a way to disable picture tweets altogether. One main reason I left facebook was the meme spam.

  21. It Remains a Journalism Scandal. Deal With It. by Kunedog · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The cover-up didn't work.
    The week-long gaming press news blackout and ongoing user comment/forum censorship (in former free-speech strongholds such as 4chan and Reddit, no less) didn't work.
    The coordinated, ongoing smear campaign that began with the "Gamers are Over" articles hasn't worked.
    The doxxing and harassment of pro-GG folks hasn't worked.
    The endless train of embarrassingly desperate counter-hashtags hasn't worked.
    The Wikipedia and Nightline hit pieces only damage those outlets' credibility for short-term effect.
    The SVU episode . . . hahaahhahaha WOW, where do I even begin . . . it is progapanda that couldn't be more precisely crafted to the corrupt press's specifications (i.e. "narrative"), and broadcast to a national non-gamer audience, much of which likely accepted it as reality. It was a wake-up call to quite a few previously unaware or neutral parties, especially game devs*.

    Eurogamer is the latest games journalism site to update its ethics policy in the wake of Gamergate, joining PC Gamer, IGN, the Escapist, and of course Kotaku/Gawker (though in Gawker's case, they put up more of a fight and the Gamergate pressure to be ethical had to be routed through the FTC). And there are probably more I'm forgetting.

    Gamergate also got Brad Wardell (CEO of Stardock) some long-overdue apologies for hit pieces run against him:
    https://twitter.com/iamDavidWi...
    http://www.gamepolitics.com/20...
    http://www.zenofdesign.com/in-...

    Ask yourself how much of this you've seen reported in the corrupt media (which at this point, sadly, clearly includes Slashdot). Of course none of it ever had a chance of appearing in the Wikipedia article. Nothing enrages anti-Gamergaters more than someone covering both sides of the story, and that should tell you something.

    Their side thrives only in an environment of propaganda and censorship, and evaporates when faced with integrity and transparency. They prove the need for Gamergate every time they write an article based on the assumption that terrorism and child porn^W^W^W^W misogyny and harassment have become the root passwords to the Constitution^W^W journalistic ethics.


    * like Mark Kern and Ken Levine, who had nothing to do with Gamergate, but were so disgusted by the SVU episode that they publically called on the gaming press to stop slandering gamers. Both were instantly swarmed by anti-GG on twitter, and VG24/7 ran a hit piece on Kern without even getting his side of the story, and refused even after he specifically asked them. I think Eurogamer saw exactly what happened to Kern, and it's no accident that that their policy explicitly includes a "right of reply" (perhaps a subtle message that they won't similarly treat game devs like shit).

  22. meh - it will take months by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I reported a tweet that was posted containing a picture of my personal information including my address.

    About 6 months later I got a reply saying they had removed the picture and banned the user.

    Kinda helpful I guess?

  23. If it's not a generic curse... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You seriously need to learn what "liberals" means. It is not a generic curse, like "asshole" or "fuckwad". It has actual meaning. Your constant misuse of it makes you look ignorant.

    If it's not a generic curse... you're saying it's a specific one?

  24. this is awesome I just hope they stick to the law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    basically the law says you don't need peoples consent to take their photos. you can take their photos on the streets and in public areas. you can take photos all you want most of the time in your private residents. you don't need their permission to take a picture of them. also you are the owner of the content and basically have the copyright, so that means you should own it and be able to give your permission where it can and cannot be used.

    the person in the photo should not have any say unless they have ownership of it and they are attempting to enforce their ownership/copyright.

    this revenge porn stuff is retarded also because the act of photography is 1st amendment protected. and this shit is just trying to censor stuff and limit peoples 1st amendment freedoms to do with what they want with photos and videos of things.

    obamasweapon.com

  25. Re:this is awesome I just hope they stick to the l by walterbyrd · · Score: 1

    > basically the law says you don't need peoples consent to take their photos. you can take their photos on the streets and in public areas.

    I am not sure if that's true.

    Years ago, I took some undergraduate law classes. According to what I was taught at the time: "if it's public, you can't call it private." Anything out the public was fair game.

    Today, I think there are laws about photographing police, even laws about photographing national monuments.

  26. Interesting to see it being done in near-lockstep. by sethstorm · · Score: 1

    While it could be a coincidence, but it seems that these policies seem to share too many similarities in timing and direction.

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    Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.