Starting today, Twitter will be implementing two new policies designed to combat "hate groups" who traffic in "fake news" and engage in abusive behavior.  The platform will also examine "off site" postings to determine who should be penalized. Recode: Initially announced in November, Twitter will also start penalizing accounts that include "hateful imagery and display names," presumably including Nazi insignia, or those who "use [a] username, display name, or profile bio to engage in abusive behavior." For Twitter, the two new restrictions are attempts to combat rampant harassment and abuse on the site. Users affiliated with the alt-right or neo-Nazi movements in particular have seized on the company's notoriously lax oversight to stoke racial tensions, peddle false news reports and attack their critics, including Democrats. Earlier this year, they organized a neo-Nazi rally in Charlottesville, Virginia with the aid...(Read Full Post)