Twitter to update privacy policy soon; here's what we know so far

Billionaire Elon Musk-owned Twitter is expected to make changes in its privacy policy soon. From changing its blue bird logo to Dogecoin to removing verification badges from several high-profile accounts to restoring some of them later, Twitter has seen a number of rapid changes lately. Can you guess what kind of changes the microblogging website's new privacy policy may bring for netizens? 

The last time Twitter updated its privacy policy was in August 2021.  

Here are some of the developments that have kept Twitter in headlines in the recent past: 

Legacy verification policy 

Twitter started shutting down its legacy verification programme, with effect from April 1, 2023. It also laid out the requirements for the 'blue tick' badge. According to the new policy, the accounts that were verified under the earlier standards (active, notable and authentic) won't keep their blue checkmarks unless they have a Twitter Blue subscription. 

The social media firm shared certain eligibility criteria to get the blue checkmark. 

Twitter Blue subscription 

Many celebrated users that lost their blue tick on Twitter include MS Dhoni and Shah Rukh Khan. However, the blue tick remained available to certain organisations, government employees and journalists. Earlier, people just needed to apply for a verification program to get a blue tick for their account but that has been changed since Musk has taken charge of the company. 

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Twitter announced that only paid subscribers would get verified marked accounts. In India, the subscription starts from Rs 900 per month for Android and iOS devices. 

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Twitter removes transgender protections from hateful conduct policy 

Twitter changed a section of its hateful behaviour policy that provided explicit safeguards for transgender people.  

According to an earlier version of the policy, Twitter was not allowed to “targetting others with repeated slurs, tropes or other content that intends to degrade or reinforce negative or harmful stereotypes about a protected category. This includes targeted misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals.” The company removed the second line earlier this month, according to archived data available on WayBack Machine.  

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