Roger Grismore

Twitter censors part of the United States Code as sensitive content: A Twitter user shared a screenshot of part of 18 USC Ch. 115, the section on treason and sedition, from the law.cornell.edu web site. The section read: "Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States." The user noted in his tweet that he got suspended on Facebook over this, though it is unclear why. However, Twitter placed a sensitive content filter over the graphic. Such filters do not allow users on the mobile app who have the sensitive filter enabled on their profile to view the filtered content at all. On the web version of Twitter, the users must click through the sensitive content interstitial in order to view the filtered content. Not only do such filters give the impression of inappropriate content, similar filters have been shown to reduce user interaction with content.

Click images to enlarge

Community Notes
X / Twitter
Community Notes
X / Twitter
Adult Content
X / Twitter
Restricted
X / Twitter
Adult Content
X / Twitter
Adult Content
X / Twitter
Adult Content
X / Twitter
Adult Content
X / Twitter
Adult Content
X / Twitter