Twitter targets creeps

TWITTER has vowed to crack down further on hate speech and sexual harassment, days after CEO Jack Dorsey said the company was “still” not doing enough to protect its users.

The policy changes were specifically aimed at protecting women who unknowingly or unwillingly had nude pictures of themselves distributed online or were subject to unwanted sexual advances.

They would also aim to shield groups subject to hateful imagery, symbols and threats of violence.

The company said it would enact the changes in coming weeks. Twitter said it would now immediately and permanently suspend any account it identifies as being the original poster of “non-consensual nudity”, including socalled “creep shots” of a sexual nature taken surreptitiously.

It said it would also develop a system allowing bystanders to report unwanted exchanges of sexually charged content, whereas in the past it relied on one of the parties involved in the conversation to come forward before taking action.

Twitter also said it would take new action on hate imagery and tweets that glorify or condone violence.