• Twitter will not allow users to share photos or videos of others without their consent.
• Twitter will take down any subject reports that the media have posted without their permission.
• This is an addition to Twitter’s anti-doxxing policies that prohibit the sharing of information such as home addresses.

Twitter announced Tuesday that it will ban users from sharing photos and videos of other people without their consent.

The company stated in a blog that users would need to file a first-person or authorized representative report to verify that the video or photo was not shared without their permission. Twitter will take down the media if the tweeter reports it, citing their inability to consent.

However, there are exceptions to this new rule. If photos and videos of public figures are shared in the public interest, they can be retained, unless it is used to harass, intimidate or use fear to silence them.

Twitter stated that it would also consider context on a case by case basis. Twitter said it would consider whether the image is available publicly or being covered by traditional media outlets as part of its decision-making process.

Twitter's new policy is not yet being enforced. It is unclear what resources might be used to enforce it.

This is in addition to Twitter's existing "doxxing” policies that forbid users sharing personal information such as contact information, home addresses, identity documents and contact information without permission.

Twitter cited this set of rules when it blocked the URL for a questionable New York Post story that claimed to show links between Joe Biden's son, and Ukraine in late 2020.

When the news outlet published the article on Twitter, it included public information. This was in violation of Twitter's rules. A Twitter spokesperson said that the story was so widespread that it was now public information. Jack Dorsey, the former CEO of Twitter, later stated that it was wrong to ban the URL.