

When we receive a report that a Tweet contains unauthorized private media, we will now take action in line with our range of enforcement options. The misuse of private media can affect everyone, but can have a disproportionate effect on women, activists, dissidents, and members of minority communities. Sharing personal media, such as images or videos, can potentially violate a person’s privacy, and may lead to emotional or physical harm.

There are growing concerns about the misuse of media and information that is not available elsewhere online as a tool to harass, intimidate, and reveal the identities of individuals. This includes threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. The vast majority of the other 39 companies that have been put on the prohibited investment list are mostly obscure European banks or asset management funds.As part of our ongoing efforts to build tools with privacy and security at the core, we’re updating our existing private information policy and expanding its scope to include “private media.” Under our existing policy, publishing other people's private information, such as phone numbers, addresses, and IDs, is already not allowed on Twitter. Jay Tcath, executive vice president of the Chicago Jewish Federation, told The Jerusalem Post, “This is the highest-profile company and the highest-profile case that this board handled in its six years. Ironically, Ben & Jerry's has taken no action to cease sales in Communist China, which operates concentration camps, forced abortion, sterilization, and organ harvesting. Even though it undoubtedly knew that the response would be swift and powerful, Ben & Jerry’s took the step to align its business and operations with its progressive values." "In our view, ending the sales of ice cream in the occupied territories is one of the most important decisions the company has made in its 43-year history," said the founders. "It was especially brave of the company. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield present Jimmy Fallon with his own Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor during a press conference with Ben & Jerry's on the two year anniversary of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" at Rockefeller Center on Main New York City.
