Sure, we’d love to wipe away those rude/racy/rebellious posts, but how erasable is erasable? Two phrases come to mind: “screen capture” and “digital archive!”
Tag Archives: Twitter
Twitter’s new anti-abuse filter hides harassing tweets from your mentions
Twitter has introduced a new feature that could block abusive and threatening tweets before they are even seen by victims.
Twitter shuts down 10,000 ISIS-linked accounts in one day
Twitter confirmed that its violations department had suspended some 10,000 accounts on 2 April “for tweeting violent threats”.
After School app grows up after child safety criticisms
Like many apps, ‘After School’ has decided to grow up and start taking toxic chat and threats of violence seriously. It’s a welcome sign of maturation. 
Twitter’s new Periscope app takes a user privacy hit
If a user forgets to turn off the Twitter button before broadcasting a private video stream, the title gets shared with all the user’s followers.
Hijacked school Twitter account turns head teacher into a porn star
Nothing like a bit of Photoshopping and access to the school’s Twitter account to turn an unwitting head teacher into a beefcake.
India strikes down controversial “Section 66A” social media policing law
India’s Supreme Court has repealed a controversial law that allowed police to arrest people over objectionable content posted on social networks and other websites. 
Twitter’s new “threats, abusive language” filter has its restrictions
The quality filter will only be available on iOS verified user accounts for now, leaving unverified users left to confront the same old garbage and abuse in their notifications. 
Convicted identity thief caught after posting selfie on Twitter
Selfie-posting tax fraud fugitive Lance Ealy has been apprehended by US Marshals after four months on the run.
Twitter threatens revenge porn posters with account locking and suspension
Twitter says it will lock accounts of users who post intimate content without subjects’ permission, until the offending material’s deleted, and might suspend accounts if the intent is harassment.