Twitter bans 'dehumanizing language' aimed at religious groups

Twitter's ban on "dehumanizing" language is slowly taking shape. 

Nearly ten months after the company announced plans to update its rules, Twitter has made its first rule change to cover "dehumanizing language" about religious groups. 

Under the new rules, Twitter won't allow tweets that compare specific religious groups to animals, or express other hateful opinions. The company says it will require old tweets that violate the new policy to be deleted, and that going forward it may suspend accounts that break this rule. (As with its other polices, Twitter relies mainly on user reports to police its platform.) Read more...

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