Episode 836
Is Twitter's Updated Privacy Policy Practical to Enforce?
December 1, 202113m 7s
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Show Notes
Twitter in a recent policy change has tried to make the platform safer for its users but the move has raised more doubts than assurances.
Under its updated policy, the social media giant will now take action against users who post photos or videos of private individuals without their permission. And the policy also raises the question of the role of human content assessors at Twitter, who are seemingly now the final authority on the intent behind every post on the platform.
In a statement, Twitter said that the misuse of such information can have a “disproportionate effect on women, activists, dissenters, and members of minority communities”.
While a section of the internet has welcomed the policy, the other raised several doubts on whether it would be practical to enforce.
What can be the foreseeable hurdles in implementing such a policy? And with more than 211 million daily active Twitter users, how do you get a policy like this correct at scale?
Guests:
Apar Gupta, the Executive Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation
Srinivas Kodali, an independent researcher at the Free Software Movement of India
Radhika Jhalani, a Counsel at Software Freedom Law Centre
Host and Producer: Himmat Shaligram Editor: Shorbori Purkayastha
Music: Big Bang Fuzz
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Under its updated policy, the social media giant will now take action against users who post photos or videos of private individuals without their permission. And the policy also raises the question of the role of human content assessors at Twitter, who are seemingly now the final authority on the intent behind every post on the platform.
In a statement, Twitter said that the misuse of such information can have a “disproportionate effect on women, activists, dissenters, and members of minority communities”.
While a section of the internet has welcomed the policy, the other raised several doubts on whether it would be practical to enforce.
What can be the foreseeable hurdles in implementing such a policy? And with more than 211 million daily active Twitter users, how do you get a policy like this correct at scale?
Guests:
Apar Gupta, the Executive Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation
Srinivas Kodali, an independent researcher at the Free Software Movement of India
Radhika Jhalani, a Counsel at Software Freedom Law Centre
Host and Producer: Himmat Shaligram Editor: Shorbori Purkayastha
Music: Big Bang Fuzz
Listen to The Big Story podcast on:
Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIl Saavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78C Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7S Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQ Deezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5Ng Castbox: http://bit.ly/2VqZ9ur
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