Twitter's new photo authorization policy was intended to fight online abuse, but campaigners and researchers in the United States warned Friday that it has been used by far-right supporters to shield themselves from scrutiny and harass opponents. Even Twitter recognized that false complaints and its own problems hampered the deployment of the regulations, which state that anybody can ask Twitter to remove photographs of themselves uploaded without their consent.
It was exactly the type of problem that anti-racism activists feared would follow the policy's announcement this week. Anti-extremism researcher Kristofer Goldsmith tweeted a screenshot of a far-right call-to-action circulating on Telegram, saying, "Due to Twitter's changed privacy policy, things are suddenly surprisingly working more in our favor." "Anyone with a Twitter account should report doxxing postings from the following accounts," the letter stated, listing dozens of Twitter...
