: Twitter updates Transparency Center with new data #IndiaNEWS #Twitter Twitter mentions as it is navigating through the pandemic and concerted attempts by governments around the world to limit access

Twitter updates Transparency Center with new data #IndiaNEWS #Twitter
Twitter mentions as it is navigating through the pandemic and concerted attempts by governments around the world to limit access to Twitter, the latest update to the Transparency Center will provide more insights through new data points.

The Twitter Transparency Report offers a look into the platforms work to uphold its rules and policies, government requests, and more, the updated Transparency Center includes data on the recurring categories, new impressions metric for violative Tweets, along with information on the adoption of two-factor authentication. Approximately 2. 3% of accounts have enabled at least one 2FA method during the reporting period.

The platform also mentions the disruptions caused by COVID-19 may reflect in some of the data shared in the latest report including data from July 1 to December 31, 2020. Varying region-specific COVID-19 restrictions, increased dependence on automation, affected efficiency of content moderation, have been a few of the disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Impressions

Misleading information and fake news have a tendency to spread at an accelerated rate, often faster than credible information, in such cases, there is a higher chance of the damage already being done and the piece of content triggering real-world consequences.

To gauge a sense of consequences such content may or may not have, this new impressions metric captures the number of views a violative Tweet received prior to removal. Twitter shares in total, impressions on violative Tweets accounted for less than 0. 1% of all impressions for all Tweets globally, from July 1 through December 31.

During this time period, Twitter removed 3. 8 Mn Tweets that violated the Twitter Rules; 77% of which received fewer than 100 impressions prior to removal, with an additional 17% receiving between 100 and 1,000 impressions. Only 6% of removed Tweets had more than 1,000 impressions.

COVID-19

Misleading information around COVID-19 has posed a grave challenge to social media platforms since the beginning of the pandemic. Twitter has also shared an update on their work on this front.

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Twitter suspended 597 accounts and removed 3,846 pieces of content. Since introducing COVID-19 guidance last year, from the time the report was published on Twitters blog, the platform challenged 11. 7 Mn accounts, suspended 1,496 accounts, and removed over 43,010 pieces of content worldwide.

Global Legal Requests

Governments around the world frequently present information or removal requests to Twitter, the platform shares it produced some or all of the requested information in response to 30% of the information requests; 4,367 total, and shares a few more data points.