Twitter Received 120 Grievances, Actioned 167 URLs During June 26-July 25
- ByAyushi Ray | August 12, 2021
Twitter received 120 grievances, actioned 167 URLs during June 26-July 25. Twitter also stated that it had suspended 31,637 accounts via proactive data monitoring in the said period. The US-based company has faced flak over the past many months for various actions taken on tweets and accounts of high-profile users and delay in compliance with the IT rules that came into effect in May this year. In its latest report, Twitter said it received 120 grievances and 167 URLs were actioned between June 26 and July 25, 2021. These complaints were received via Twitter’s Grievance Officer – India channel and included content on Twitter.This includes complaints received from individual users with accompanying court orders, the report said.
Twitter said the majority of complaints received via Grievance Officer channel during the reporting period fell into categories like Abuse/Harassment (36), Misinformation/Synthetic and Manipulated Media (28), Defamation and IP-related Infringement (13 each), Hateful Conduct (12), Impersonation (8), Sensitive Adult Content (5), Privacy Infringement (4) and Terrorism/Violent Extremism (1).The highest number of URLs actioned pertained to Abuse/Harassment and IP-related Infringement (46 each), followed by Privacy Infringement (35), Impersonation (16) and Defamation (15). URLs actioned under Misinformation/Synthetic and Manipulated Media category stood at 7, and Sensitive Adult Content and Hateful Conduct (one each). The social media platform said each grievance may identify multiple items.
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