Flagging media violations in Tweets

Check out this article for more information on Twitter’s Media Policies.

How do I flag media in Tweets?

You may encounter media in Tweets that requires review by the Twitter team. If there is content you feel should be reviewed by the Twitter team because you believe it should be behind a warning message, or because it contains illegal content, please follow these instructions to flag the media:

From the Web:

From the Tweet you would like to flag, click the ••• More icon.
Select Block or Report.
If you do not wish to block this account, uncheck the Block option.
Select Do you want to file a report?
Select This Tweet contains possibly sensitive [image/video/media].
Click Report to submit.

On an iOS or Android device:

Expand the Tweet that contains the media you would like to flag.
Tap the ••• More icon.
Select Block or Report.
If you do not wish to block this account, uncheck the Block option.
Select Do you want to file a report?
Select This Tweet contains possibly sensitive [image/video/media].
Click Submit (iOS) or Report (Android).

Please remember that if you are seeing something you don’t like, and Twitter hasn’t placed a warning label before it, it’s possible that it doesn’t meet our threshold for a warning on the media.

What happens if my media gets flagged by other users?

If one of your Tweets containing media is reported, it will be sent to the Twitter team for review. If we find that the media wasn’t marked as being possibly sensitive at the time of the upload:

we label the media as being possibly sensitive
change your account setting to “Mark my media as containing potentially sensitive content” so that future uploads are marked accordingly

You will receive an email letting you know that we’ve labeled your media and changed your media setting. You will be able to change your media settings on your account settings page, though this image and any other images that have been labeled will remain marked as “possibly sensitive”.

If you repeatedly upload media that are mislabeled, the Twitter team will:

label your media as having possibly sensitive content
permanently move your account setting over to “Mark my media as having potentially sensitive content” so that your future uploads have an warning message.

Can I appeal a decision made by the Twitter team?

Right now there isn’t a way to appeal this decision, so you should definitely make sure your media uploading setting is marked appropriately. If you repeatedly upload media that is mismarked, the Twitter team will move your account setting permanently to “Mark my media as having possibly sensitive content” to avoid future mismarked images.

How to report other Twitter Rules violations

For information outlining other types of violations and how you can report them to us, please see this article.