Twitter introduces change to privacy policies a day after Jack Dorsey's resignation

Twitter announced that it has incorporated a change to its privacy policies, a day after it appointed Parag Agrawal as CEO to succeed Jack Dorsey.

The company said that its privacy policies will include a ban on sharing private photos and videos of individuals without their owners' consent.

Dorsey's departure - the creator of Twitter - marks the end of his second term as CEO of the social networking site, and he leaves at a time when Twitter made headlines because of the pace of its product launches after years of criticism that the site lagged behind in innovation from larger competitors such as Facebook and social media applications. Like tik tok.

Despite the accelerating pace of new features, Twitter's shares have fallen in recent months, increasing pressure on Dorsey to end his - unusual - stay as CEO of two companies, where he also serves as CEO of Square, a financial payments company.

Earlier, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters that Dorsey is now stepping down because he feels confident in his successor, and will focus on his own company Square and other activities such as philanthropy.

What's new?

The social media platform already prohibits users from sharing personal information of others without permission, such as address, location, identity documents, non-public contact information, financial information, or medical data. But the new update makes anti-intimidation and harassment policies even more robust.

This does not mean that Twitter will require consent from all individuals in a photo or video before it is posted, but if someone photographed wants their photos removed, Twitter will respond and remove them.

"When we are notified by the photographed individuals, or by an authorized representative, that they have not consented to the sharing of their private photo or video, we will remove it," Twitter wrote in its update.

And the platform continued, "We will always try to assess the context in which the content is exchanged, and in such cases we may allow images or videos to remain in service on the site, and if the image is publicly available with coverage by news outlets or "the added value of public discourse", it may allow her to stay on site.

But in the case of public figures, Twitter has clarified that it may remove harassing and bullying content in line with its existing policies against abusive behavior, which also prohibit the sharing of nude photos that their owners do not approve of.

The company also stated that when deciding whether to remove content related to public figures, it would assess if that information was already available in other public media, such as television and newspapers.