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

Posted by yaelk on from the stop-bullying dept.

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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  1. This is a bad idea. by B33rNinj4 · · Score: 5, Informative

    While I dislike trolling, when you attempt to put controls onto a system, you end up destroying that system.

    1. Re: This is a bad idea. by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 5, Insightful

      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!!!

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      Agent K: A *person* is smart. People are dumb, stupid, panicky animals, and you know it.
  2. ...and in other news: by martinux · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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

    1. Re:...and in other news: by NotDrWho · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

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

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      SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
  3. Anita's there... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    For those who think a lot of the comments are paranoid conspiracy theory, lets take a look at who's on this council:
    https://about.twitter.com/safe...

    Doing a quick scan, I recognized Anita Sarkeesian (search for "feminist frequency").

    That's definitely a neutral unbiased third party who hasn't made controversial videos and never claimed that disagreement with her opinions were trolling and abuse.