Twitter, a San Francisco company founded in 2006, had called itself "the free speech wing of the free speech party" and tried to stay out of battles among users. But that has changed as persistent harassers have driven some women and minorities off Twitter, limiting their ability to express themselves. Tweets can still include hate imagery, but users will have to click through a warning to see them, the company said. Hate images will be banned from profile photos, and further restricted where national laws require, as in Germany. Twitter said it had decided not to categorize the U.S. Confederate flag as hateful imagery, citing its place in history.

Source: The Star December 18, 2017 13:52 UTC