Twitter Launches Trust and Safety Council To Help Put End To Trolling (thestack.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Twitter has announced a new trust and safety council to stamp out bullying and trolling on the microblogging site. The Twitter Trust & Safety Council will initially be formed of around 40 bodies, including the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, ICT Watch, NetSafe, and Samaritans. These organisations, along with safety experts, academics and security researchers, will work to ensure a safe and secure platform for users to express themselves freely and safely. The Council's main focus will be to protect minors, encourage 'greater compassion and empathy on the internet,' and promote efforts in media literacy and digital citizenship. Community groups will also participate to help prevent online 'abuse, harassment, and bullying,' as well as mental health problems and suicide.

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...and in other news:

[martinux]

Twitter Launches Church Of We Don't Like Your Opinion So We're Going To Brand You A Troll Council to Help Put End To Hurt Feelings

Re:...and in other news:

[NotDrWho]

Criticize Islam: Banhammer for hate speech
Criticize Christianity: [crickets]

Criticize women's rights movement: Banhammer for misogyny
Criticize men's rights movement: [crickets]

Re: This is a bad idea.

[Archangel Michael]

Who gets to define "Trolling" and "Bullying". My guess, suddenly all sorts of speech will be suddenly labels "Micro-aggression" and be banned.

"I'm voting for _________" -- not politically correct candidate = BANHAMMER!!!