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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[SirSlud]

The persecution complex is strong with you.

Re:...and in other news:

[AmiMoJo]

It's easy to see that you are wrong. Richard Dawkins regularly criticises Islam and doesn't get banned, along with good many followers and sympathetic minds. That includes posting cartoons of Mohammed.

The large number of un-banned anti-feminists proves that criticism women's rights isn't a banable offence. Yiannopoulos is still there, despite saying threats to rape were just a normal male way of expressing displeasure with an argument. Roosh V is still there, the rapey bastard.