We can confirm that the account @SECGov was compromised and we have completed a preliminary investigation. Based on our investigation, the compromise was not due to any breach of X’s systems, but rather due to an unidentified individual obtaining control over a phone number
Providing the latest safety tools, resources, and updates from X.
- Today, a bug in our system caused X to incorrectly label numerous posts as Sensitive Media. We’ve fixed the underlying issue and are now working to remove labels from impacted posts.
- We recently partnered with @Sprinklr for an independent assessment of hate speech on Twitter, which we’ve been sharing data on publicly for several months. Sprinklr’s AI-powered model found that the reach of hate speech on Twitter is even lower than our own model quantified 🧵
- Ken Klippenstein was temporarily suspended for violating our rules on posting unredacted private personal information, specifically Sen. Vance’s physical addresses and the majority of his Social Security number.
- Transparency is fundamental to everything we do at Twitter. As we review our approach to transparency reporting for the future, today we’re publishing our 21st report, with data on our policy enforcement for the first half of 2022. Read more here:
- Replying to @SafetyWe will continue to remove illegal content and suspend bad actors from our platform. We’re committed to increasing transparency around our moderation actions, and we’ll continue to share updates on our progress. You can learn more about our various enforcement actions here:
- There is no place in this world or on X for the abuse of children. Over the past year we have strengthened our policies, deployed new automated technology, and increased the number of cybertips we send to @MissingKids. And while we are proud of what we have achieved, we know
- We’ve identified several policies where permanent suspension was a disproportionate action for breaking Twitter rules. We recently started reinstating accounts that were suspended for violations of these policies and plan to expand to more accounts weekly over the next 30 days.
- Replying to @SafetyWe may get it wrong occasionally, so authors will be able to submit feedback on the label if they think we incorrectly limited their content’s visibility. In the future, we plan to allow authors to appeal our decision to limit a Tweet’s visibility.
- We’ve updated our Private Information policy to prohibit sharing someone else’s live location in most cases. Here’s what changed and why. 🧵
- We’re adding more transparency to the enforcement actions we take on Tweets. As a first step, soon you’ll start to see labels on some Tweets identified as potentially violating our rules around Hateful Conduct letting you know that we’ve limited their visibility. 🧵
- Sometimes you may see a warning when you click a link on X, and in some cases we may prohibit specific URLs from being shared at all. We take these actions to protect our community from links to malware, phishing attempts, spam sites, or content that, if posted directly on our
- We’re rolling out profile labels for parody accounts to clearly distinguish these types of accounts and their content on our platform. We designed these labels to increase transparency and to ensure that users are not deceived into thinking such accounts belong to the entity
- This article is extremely misleading. The purportedly "landmark" lawsuit concerns six Tweets, and all of those tweets were actioned, and here's exactly how: — Each of the six Tweets were reported on Twitter, focusing on our terms of service for violations. — Twitter'sTwitter faces legal challenge after failing to remove reported hate tweets theguardian.com/technology/202…



