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TheBlackAdder

(28,215 posts) Tue Aug 11, 2020, 10:03 PM Aug 2020

WTF? I clicked on this Twitter link and the image is flagged as "potentially sensitive content"

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The image displays when linked here, but when I click on it and go to the actual Twitter post...

Ronald Klain
@RonaldKlain
A historic photo: @JoeBiden
asking @KamalaHarris
to join the ticket -- taken just a few hours ago, from his home in Wilmington. Your next President and Vice President!!

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WTF? I clicked on this Twitter link and the image is flagged as "potentially sensitive content" (Original Post) TheBlackAdder Aug 2020 OP

??? SheltieLover Aug 2020 #1

Do you have a Twitter account? blogslut Aug 2020 #2

I've had that happen too on benign Biden tweets soothsayer Aug 2020 #3

I don't have an account so I don't know much, BUT, I often get this flag over perfectly Leghorn21 Aug 2020 #4

This. If someone has posted one thing even remotely questionable in the past Grokenstein Aug 2020 #6

I'm not getting that when I click on it. Must be something with settings? Maybe a bug that needs to chowder66 Aug 2020 #5

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)

1. ???

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Tue Aug 11, 2020, 10:04 PM

Aug 2020

Wonder what's up with that?

blogslut

(38,017 posts)

2. Do you have a Twitter account?

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Tue Aug 11, 2020, 10:09 PM

Aug 2020

If so, you can turn off content filtering.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

3. I've had that happen too on benign Biden tweets

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Tue Aug 11, 2020, 10:10 PM

Aug 2020

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)

4. I don't have an account so I don't know much, BUT, I often get this flag over perfectly

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Tue Aug 11, 2020, 10:11 PM

Aug 2020

innocuous twitter content/ photos - happens all the time, no worries!

Grokenstein

(5,727 posts)

6. This. If someone has posted one thing even remotely questionable in the past

Reply to Leghorn21 (Reply #4)

Tue Aug 11, 2020, 10:21 PM

Aug 2020

then ALL of their posts may get that warning from that point forward, or just some posts, seemingly chosen by random. It's like a mild annoying "zero tolerance" policy, as applied by moderator bots.

I've seen a photo of a bag of 7-Eleven chocolate-covered almonds get the "potentially sensitive content" warning.

chowder66

(9,081 posts)

5. I'm not getting that when I click on it. Must be something with settings? Maybe a bug that needs to