Current Events > Twitter's new TOS will now depend on where you live.

(+) Yeah! (+)

I have no clue if it was like this before, because I never had a Twitter account until recently. But I had to accept this new TOS earlier this week, and it appears that Americans will have a different TOS than other countries now:

https://i.imgur.com/lZuvSO9.png

Some random parts of the American version of the TOS:

https://i.imgur.com/VoCkVvj.png

https://i.imgur.com/sMjKvcS.png

Hope willing Twitter implodes and decent folks and the porn migrates to something better.

If they have no responsibility for misinformation and don't control the content, then why are they gonna remove impersonation and harassment?

Deutschenlied posted...

If they have no responsibility for misinformation and don't control the content, then why are they gonna remove impersonation and harassment?

It says that they will still remove for impersonation and harassment.

HroHybridCards posted...

It says that they will still remove for impersonation and harassment.

I know, but why? Shouldn't that fall under "not our responsibility to monitor content"?

Deutschenlied posted...

I know, but why? Shouldn't that fall under "not our responsibility to monitor content"?

/shrug

I could see how impersonation could lead to potential fraud. I.e., all those bot accounts who impersonate famous YouTubers and try to get you to message them on Telegram or whatever.

Elon Musk has talked about wanting to wipe out bots too, so maybe it has to do with that.

Deutschenlied posted...

I know, but why? Shouldn't that fall under "not our responsibility to monitor content"?

I think they specifically mean not our responsibility to monitor the accuracy of content. Whereas the accuracy of user identities, or the suitability of content, are other matters.

who posted #3?

dolomedes posted...

lmao 'browse at your own risk'

"Thank you, Twitter, for allowing me, a grown ass man, to browse at my own risk."

Speaks volumes that copyright violations is right at the top of their list .

This is gonna be a complete shit show. I wonder if they'll last the year without some major controversy.

Punished_Blinx posted...

Speaks volumes that copyright violations is right at the top of their list .

I'm okay with this since Twitter is going to verify NFT owners. Filthy thieves' days of right-click stealing are numbered! ^_^

Deutschenlied posted...

I know, but why? Shouldn't that fall under "not our responsibility to monitor content"?

"Not our responsibility" is just a legal CYA

[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Does this mean porn is allowed?

Sounds kinda ominous.

It's good for most Americans, but boy Europeans and Australians are going to get shafted by this, due to their out of control laws regarding speech. I wonder what Japan's TOS is like, maybe it will lessen the harassment artists there suffer on Twitter over fanart.

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/twitter-ceo-says-two-leaders-will-depart-company-hiring-paused-2022-05-12/

Twitter CEO says two leaders to depart, hiring paused amid Musk takeover

May 12 (Reuters) - Two senior Twitter (TWTR.N) leaders who oversee the consumer and revenue divisions will depart the social media company, Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal told employees in a memo on Thursday, in one of the biggest shake-ups at the company since billionaire Elon Musk announced he would buy it for $44 billion.

Agrawal also said in the memo, which was seen by Reuters, that Twitter would pause most hiring and review all existing job offers to determine whether any "should be pulled back."

He attributed the decision in part because Twitter was not able to hit user growth and revenue milestones to maintain confidence that it could reach aggressive growth targets it had set in 2020.

"We need to continue to be intentional about our teams, hiring and costs," Agrawal wrote.

The company was targeting $7.5 billion in annual revenue and 315 million daily users by the end of 2023, but withdrew those goals in its recent earnings report.

Kayvon Beykpour, who led Twitter's consumer division, and Bruce Falck, who oversaw revenue, both tweeted on Thursday that the departures were not their decisions.

"Parag asked me to leave after letting me know that he wants to take the team in a different direction," Beykpour tweeted, adding he was still on paternity leave from Twitter.

"I'll clarify that I too was fired by (Parag)," Falck said, though he appeared to later delete the tweet.

Falck thanked his team in a tweet thread and updated his bio to say "unemployed."...

So does this mean Canadians and Europeans won't be able to see American tweets?

Bump.

PatrickMahomes posted...

who posted #3?

Good question, I can't see it either and I barely even post here.

Inferno Dive Dragoon posted...

Hope willing Twitter implodes and decent folks and the porn migrates to something better.

^post 3.

I wonder if they'll change it back if they end up having to pay $1 billion to Elon Musk if he walks from the deal.

Elon says he's still working towards acquiring the company even though the purchase is on hold for now. His lawyers and accountants probably have to sift through all the cooked books and fraud over at Twitter first.

bump

Outside of the 1st world most countries block social media during election time anyway.