Accounts engaging in repeated, egregious weaponization of DMCA on Twitter or encouraging weaponization of DMCA will receive temporary suspensions.
That said, reasonable media takedown requests are, of course, appropriate and will always be supported.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2023
[Good. Presumably, enough temporary suspensions will result in a ban, because as Nick Flor says … — Ed]
'Accounts engaging in … weaponization of DMCA will receive temporary suspensions'
No, not temporary. Make those PERMANENT suspensions. They'll do this during election time to stop bad press of their candidate from getting out.
— Nick Flor 🥋+🇺🇸 (@ProfessorF) March 6, 2023
[Update: For those unfamiliar with the issue of DMCA demand abuse, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has a neat if rather old explainer. Basically, abusers take advantage of a system in which copyright violation complaints require platforms to immediately remove content, whether the complaint turns out to be legitimate or not. In regard to campaigns, abusers use DMCA demands to end the virality of videos, as one example. Musk’s announcement changes this from a no-cost practice to perhaps more trouble than it is worth. — Ed]
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