Twitter has announced its users will no longer to be allowed to share private photos or videos of another person without their consent.
This move comes the day after co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO, with Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal steeping into the top role.
“Sharing personal media, such as images or videos, can potentially violate a person’s privacy, and may lead to emotional or physical harm,” Twitter said in a blog post on Tuesday.
“The misuse of private media can affect everyone, but can have a disproportionate effect on women, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities.”
In order to take action against violating media, Twitter will need either a first-person report or one from an authorised body.
It doesn’t apply to newsworthy media, nor that which features a public figure.
