According to a recent study, X (formerly Twitter) addresses complaints that require the platform to review published content that violates copyright more quickly than those related to videos or non-consensual intimate images (NCII).
Through different mechanisms that address both content included in specific publications, lists or direct messages, the social network allows you to report possible violations of its terms of service and regulations.
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Duration up to 30 days
In all cases, the platform will ensure receipt of properly submitted complaints within 24 hours. However, although they are usually resolved “within days”, resolution times vary and can take up to 30 days. This depends on factors outside of the social network’s control, such as the user’s need to submit information and whether they decide to request a review of actions.
The researchers found that X prioritized complaints of copyright infringement — that is, those filed under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) — seeking the removal of intimate content published without the consent of its owners.
These may be captured with hidden cameras or showing full or partial nudity, sexual acts, videos and images taken in intimate contexts or superimposed or digitally altered one’s face on another’s naked body. This is called ‘Deepfake’.
‘Pornovenganza’
A panel of experts conducted an investigation to determine how they were subjected to threats without their consent – also known as ‘revenge porn’ – and that specific legislation was urgently needed to eliminate NCIM both online and on other platforms.
Despite this growing problem, they studied how with non-consensual images or videos (NCII).
To reach this conclusion, they created ten different accounts on X and uploaded a total of 50 nude images generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Half of them were reported under the ‘copyright infringement’ procedure, while the other half were reported for including non-consensual nudity.
To test X’s capabilities, the researchers emphasized in their report that they used five unique photographs, each of which represented an AI-generated personality. This ensures that the study does not rely on a single image to represent all cases of NCII. Each of these five photographs was duplicated ten times to obtain five reports for each photograph in both reporting mechanisms.
Three weeks to remove the nudity
Therefore, the copyright condition resulted in these images being completely removed within 25 hours, but X took longer to resolve complaints about non-consensual intimate images: no images were removed for more than three weeks after informing the platform. This means that they will appear during the review period.
Not only that: Publications with sexual content had an average of 9.08 visits after those three weeks, compared to publications reported for copyright infringement, which had an average of 7.36 visits. Although minimal, the recent creation of these accounts shows that their distribution is high.
Finally, experts suggest that their report highlights the need for stronger regulations and protocols aimed at protecting victims of the spread of non-consensual content. Also, it contributes to a “wider” understanding of the platform’s obligations and the way laws affect its behavior.
