Twitter rewrites its rules on violent content under Elon Musk
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#69AY0)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Twitter announced that it has officially launched" a new Violent Speech policy that outlines its zero-tolerance approach towards Violent Speech." Its content is similar to Twitter's previous violent threats policy, though it manages to be both more specific and more vague.
Both policies ban you from threatening or glorifying violence in most scenarios (each version has carve-outs for hyperbolic" speech between friends). However, the new set of rules appears to expand on some concepts while cutting down on some others. For example, the old policy stated:
Statements that express a wish or hope that someone experiences physical harm, making vague or indirect threats, or threatening actions that are unlikely to cause serious or lasting...