Human rights group report gains traction, Twitter hammered


  • TECH
  • Friday, 21 Dec 2018

A policy change that Twitter has been working on for several months is intended to broaden hateful content restrictions at the service to include barring tweets dehumanizing people based on race, religion, sexual orientation or other social grouping. — AFP Relaxnews

A report on Twitter by the human rights group Amnesty International is gaining traction and the company's shares were punished Thursday, suffering one of their worst declines this year.

The report, released earlier this week, said the social media platform has permitted a toxic online culture that allows pervasive abuse of women.

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