How Twitter quietly banned hate speech last year
Seven years ago, Twitter began its rise to prominence by billing itself as a space where people could speak freely because nobody was censored. The company's rules enshrined this ideal, promising "we do not actively monitor and will not censor user content, except in limited circumstances." But in 2015 all of that changed. There were changes in Twitter's rules here and there before 2015, usually to make it easier for the company to ban people engaging in spam and fraud.
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