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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.
It's not just a bad idea, it's not an enforceable system. What's the difference between trolling and arguing, or trolling and someone whose honest opinion just happens to deviate beyond a certain distance from what's considered the norm? It's like trying to set down rules as to what is and is not 'art'; it can't be done.
Are YOU using the TOOL, or is the TOOL using YOU? Think about it!
It makes sense when you realize that they don't want users to trust them and feel safe, what they're trying to do is convince advertisers that they can trust Twitter and that it's a safe platform to advertise on. There are so many stories of Twitter advertising campaigns coming back to bite the advertisers as hashtags get co-opted by users, that Twitter needs to convince advertisers that they can block that from happening in the name of "preventing trolls."
They're also hoping to score some leftist points with the type of people who hate freedom of speech in the name of creating "safe spaces" while distracting them from the reality that they don't care about them, either, they just want to make sure advertisers don't have to listen to user complaints.
Grep! Gabber gobbler!! Your micro-agressive post was triggering for me you fat, racist, misogyonerd, neckbeard, rapist, loser, white, cis male! You hate women and are on the wrong side of history you entitled shitlord!! Your rights to an internet end where my feelings begin, so expect you internet privileges to be taken away you MRA rape culture promoter!
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