What changes on X (Twitter) after the porn rules update
X has updated the guidelines on pornographic content: they will be allowed, as long as they are consensual and appropriately reported. They will not be shown to underage users, but the platform has proven that it is not always able to combat illegality
X, the social network previously known as Twitter, has updated the guidelines on "adults" content to allow users to "share nudity or sexual behavior between adults produced and distributed consensually", provided that they are reported as such and that do not appear in the profile image and banner. However, violent content and messages are prohibited, as specified by the @Safety account, dedicated to security tools on the platform.
PORNOGRAPHY ON TWITTER/X
Even before the update of the guidelines and the "transformation" into This permissive policy had been exploited by creators of sexual content to push their followers to pay a subscription and thus access exclusive content (the service was called Twitter Blue, later renamed X Premium), as on OnlyFans .
Then as now – as The Verge points out – NSFW content represents a source of revenue for Twitter/X, which after being purchased by Elon Musk also finds itself having to manage a decline in advertising sales.
WHAT DO X'S NEW RULES ABOUT SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT
Rules on sexually explicit content, including the requirement to flag it as “sensitive,” apply to photographs, videos and gifs, both real and AI-generated. Users who have not turned eighteen or who have not entered their date of birth will not be able to access it.
However, the platform has already demonstrated that it is not able to promptly counter the spread of illegal content, as in the case, last January, of the explicit but fake images (i.e. generated by artificial intelligence) of the American singer Taylor Swift. Tumblr, another microblogging platform, previously banned all adult content in response to the spread of posts showing child sexual abuse.
Pornography, however, is considered controversial: for example, MasterCard and Visa, the two most important companies in the payments sector, have cut ties with Pornhub and pushed Patreon, eBay and even OnlyFans to impose stricter rules on sexual content allowed on their platforms.
STATEMENTS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
The European Commission stated that, on the basis of the Digital Services Act – the community legislation on the security and transparency of digital services which, among other things, obliges platforms to combat the spread of illegal and harmful content -, all potential risks arising from their services, including when it comes to pornographic content."
The social network will also have to "adopt adequate risk mitigation measures: we are talking for example about the risks related to violence against women or potential harm to children online", as well as countering the spread of illegal content such as revenge porn , deep fake and child pornography.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/x-contenuti-pornografici-linee-guida/ on Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:27:22 +0000.