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Twitter brings in new rules to stop abusive behaviour

Twitter said it began enforcing new rules on Monday (18) aimed at filtering out “hateful” and “abusive” content. (Photo by: LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty Images)

By: Lauren Codling

TWITTER said it began enforcing new rules on Monday (18) aimed at filtering out “hateful” and “abusive” content on the social network including messages which promote or glorify violence. The platform has long faced criticism over how it deals with hate groups and content, which led it to removing verification badges from prominent US white nationalists last month. “Specific threats of violence or wishing for serious physical harm, death, or disease to an individual or group of people is in violation of our policies,” the new rules state. Also banned will be any content that “glorifies violence or the perpetrators…

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