The social network has rolled out a new option to blur sensitive images you post and display a warning to other users.
Twitter strengthens its security measures and deploys a new function to limit the display of sensitive content. The social network offers all its users a new option allowing them to display a warning, and to blur the photos and videos they share, the content of which is likely to offend certain sensibilities.
The option to add one-time sensitive content warnings to photos and videos you Tweet is now available for everyone across Android, iOS, and web.
To add a content warning, tap the flag icon when editing the photo/video after you’ve attached it to your Tweet.
— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) February 25, 2022
This option, which must be manually activated by the author of a tweet, is available both on the web and on the Android or iOS mobile application. Thus, when a user decides to click on content considered sensitive by the person who shared it, the photo or video then remains constantly displayed, even if it remains possible to hide it again.
If this function can be quite useful, especially in these troubled times, let’s hope that it is not misused to generate clicks from certain twittos.
Either way, if you need to share content that you consider potentially sensitive, here’s how to display a warning.
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1. Create your tweet
Start by writing your tweet and embed the photo or video you want to share on the platform.
2. Edit content
Once your content is inserted into the tweet, tap on it to access the window to edit it.
Then press the flag icon at the bottom right of the image. In the window that appears, select the type of warning to apply to your content: nudity, violence or sensitive.
A preview of your hidden content as it will appear to your followers should be visible at the top of the screen. It is then sufficient to press the Show / Hide button to make the content visible or to deactivate its display.
Then press the Done button, then the Save button to save the content changes, and finally Tweet in the top right to post your tweet.