Twitter bans posting revenge porn

Twitter has amended its policies to ban the posting of intimate photos and videos taken without the person’s permission.

The change, first noticed by Buzzfeed, sees the private information section on Twitter’s terms of service now read:

You may not publish or post other people’s private and confidential information, such as credit card numbers, street address or Social Security/National Identity numbers, without their express authorization and permission. You may not post intimate photos or videos that were taken or distributed without the subject’s consent.

Content that is identified as violating Twitter’s policies will be hidden from public view, and users posting it will have their accounts locked. Users will be required to delete the content in question before they can return to using the site.

Twitter will act in response to specific, identified instances of such content, which can be reported through Twitter’s existing tools for flagging abusive content, a company spokesman said.