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by ethanwillis 2064 days ago
You're downvoted because it wasn't hacked information.
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My point is that that is not the reason for the account suspension. Twitter's policy is very clear and equally enforced! Here is a short video from a reporter that got a suspension for posting private info in a news article, and had to delete the post before getting unsuspended:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loylqtvKAbU

It would seem to make this case very clear. Right?

A who with 800 views versus the new york times. It's really not as clear as you want it to be. Now, at the same time I think the NYT should be able to publish this.

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1310336685574680578?lang=...

The amount of someone's taxes isn't listed in Twitter's privacy policy. Whereas, phone numbers and email addresses are explicityly listed. The policy also makes clear its most important logic:

"Our primary aim is to protect individuals from coming to physical harm as a result of their information being shared ..."