Twitter Bans Sharing Of Personal Photos And Videos Without Consent

Twitter News: Soon after Parag Agrawal became the CEO of Twitter, the company has introduced the new policy.

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Twitter News: After taking command over Twitter, Parag Agrawal has declared new privacy rules. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal on Tuesday introduced new rules on Twitter. According to the new rules, no user will be able to share photos or videos of anyone else without their consent. According to Twitter, the company made the move to stop the harassment. Twitter says the move has come to strengthen the anti-harassment policies.

Under Twitter's new rules, people who are not public figures can ask to delete their photos or videos posted without the consent of the person depicted. However, Twitter has made it clear that the new rules exclude public figures. Twitter's new policy also includes threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so.

Beginning today, we will not allow the sharing of private media, such as images or videos of private individuals without their consent. Publishing people's private info is also prohibited under the policy, as is threatening or incentivizing others to do so.https://t.co/7EXvXdwegG

— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) November 30, 2021

According to Twitter, sharing private photos and videos can violate a person's privacy. Such actions may also cause emotional or physical harm. The company has said that Twitter will remove private photos or videos after getting a request to remove the media by the individual depicted or by an authorized representative.

Notably, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has resigned as CEO. Indian-origin Parag Agrawal has been appointed the new CEO after Dorsey's resignation. Parag was a student of IIT-Bombay and Stanford University. Parag Agrawal has been working for Twitter since 2011. He was the CTO of the company since 2017.