Tweets infringing copyrighted jokes prove no laughing matter for Twitter
Twitter has begun a clampdown on tweets repeating copyrighted jokes by pulling tweets which blatantly copy the work of others.
Fuelled by a support page which enables users to report content identified as stolen the social media platform has employed a team of administrators to determine the validity of such requests, deleting or removing posts which are deemed to have violated copyright.
According to reports in The Verge anyone affected by such action has a 10-day period within which to appeal with a full list of all moderated content appearing on the website Chilling Effects.
BREAKING NEWS: Twitter is hiding tweets reported stolen. And it's referring to the author as a "copyright holder" pic.twitter.com/DkteWMZ7zg
— Plagiarism Is Bad (@PlagiarismBad) July 25, 2015
Twitter has thus far declined to comment on the reports.