One of the most important tools for trust and safety efforts is the “block” feature, allowing a user to entirely block someone else from following them. Yes, on Twitter you can get around this by g…
Wouldn’t this open Twitter up to harassment charges? I mean, it’s Musk so it is obviously an ego thing and not a well thought out idea, but couldn’t someone sue because they can no longer block someone tweeting hateful things to them?
Probably not. If you mute someone then you can’t see what they wrote, and if you don’t see something then it’s not harassment. It’s equivalent to someone constantly telling other people bad things about you behind your back, which isn’t harassment either. Might be defamation, though.
Wouldn’t this open Twitter up to harassment charges? I mean, it’s Musk so it is obviously an ego thing and not a well thought out idea, but couldn’t someone sue because they can no longer block someone tweeting hateful things to them?
Probably not. If you mute someone then you can’t see what they wrote, and if you don’t see something then it’s not harassment. It’s equivalent to someone constantly telling other people bad things about you behind your back, which isn’t harassment either. Might be defamation, though.