In August 2022, the Network Contagion Research Institute and Rutgers University released a report saying that they have detected a community on Twitter that is promoting self-harm. These tweets have graphic photos with bloody depictions of self-harm. The use of some hashtags went up by 500% over the past 11 months, according to the report, despite reporting on it.

World Suicide Prevention day falls on September 10. Suno India’s Menaka Rao spoke to Shagufta Kamran, Director - Public Policy & Government at Twitter India on Twitter’s policy related such problematic content, and what measures are being taken to address harmful content including cyber bullying, targeted harassment, and also what they were doing using their platform to help prevent suicide in the country.

References

https://networkcontagion.us/wp-content/uploads/NCRI_Twitter-Report_8.29.pdf
Preventing Suicide: A Resource for Media Professionals, Update 2017. Geneva: World Health Organization
India - Twitter Transparency Center
Inside the Hindu IT Cell: The men who went online to protect gods
Inside the Hindu IT Cell – The men who went online to protect gods - The Suno India Show - Omny.fm
Born digital, Born free? A Socio-Legal Study on Young Women's Experiences of Online Violence in South India
New Study Shows Shocking Scale of Abuse on Twitter Against Women Politicians in India – Amnesty International USA
Indian female Twitter influencers’ perceptions of trolls | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Twitter's suicide & self-harm policy
How Twitter handles abusive behavior

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