Twitter says it will update safety policies after the election-censorship coming

[MikeWB]

Twitter says it is planning a major reworking of its safety and anti-harassment policies, but it won't unveil the new system until next month, meaning it won't go into effect until after this year's divisive presidential election.

In its quarterly earnings report, filed Thursday morning, Twitter said that "meaningful updates" to its policies and enforcement would be announced in November.

Twitter has struggled with balancing free speech and outright harassment of some of its users. During the 2016 election cycle, many users, including journalists, have been the target of hateful attacks through the service.

"Everyone on Twitter should feel safe expressing diverse opinions and beliefs and targeted behavior that harasses or threatens others to silence another person's voice is unacceptable to us and a violation of our policies," the company's letter to shareholders said. "For the past few months our team has been working hard to build the most important safety features and updating our safety policies to give people more control over their Twitter experience. Next month, we will be sharing meaningful updates to our safety policy, our product, and enforcement strategy."

Twitter also said that it would be shedding nine percent of its workforce, but may invest in other areas down the line.