Twitter to Change ‘Showing Blood’ Rule After Senator’s Account Suspended for Hunting Photo

Twitter to Change ‘Showing Blood’ Rule After Senator’s Account Suspended for Hunting Photo
Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco on Jan. 24, 2023. Benjamin Fanjoy/AP Photo
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Twitter owner Elon Musk said the platform will be amending its rule about “showing blood” after the account of Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) was suspended due to a hunting photo he used as his profile picture.

Daines, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), was locked out of his account for hours after he uploaded a new profile picture, which shows him and his wife, Cindy, posing with a dead Montana antelope. Twitter flagged the image as a violation of the site’s standards against “graphic violence or adult content in profile images.”
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