We know that with great power comes great responsibility. So, Twitter also considers the well-being of its users by protecting them from sensitive content. So, if you have encountered any tweet with a warning sign, you should know Twitter has given this to your advantage. You can, however, turn off this sensitive content warning. Now, the question is how? Let’s dive into these easy-to-follow steps to view sensitive content on Twitter without a sensitivity flag or warning. To enable sensitive content on Twitter searches, move to the “Search settings” option in the same “Content you see” tab and disable the “Hide sensitive content” option.
Why Does Twitter Give the Sensitive Content Warning?
Twitter has an abundant amount of content of every sort. Twitter enables its users to keep up with all the world’s happening and developing stories. Twitter provides its users a space to share everything they know with others and get the conversation moving. People share videos and images on Twitter to further cement their information. Sometimes, these visuals may have violent or even adult content, which is inappropriate for sensitive users. To safeguard highly impressionable and sensitive users from distress, Twitter restricts such media. Twitter warns users if anything is disturbing in the media. “The media may contain sensitive material” or “the profile may include sensitive content” are some of Twitter’s ways to warn its users.
What Kind of Content Does Twitter Consider Sensitive?
Twitter has explicitly given its rules and policies explaining what is considered sensitive. Twitter considers media that share graphic violence, adult content, violent sexual content, and hateful imagery as sensitive content. You can learn more about Twitter’s sensitive media policy from this link! You cannot share this content without a sensitive content warning. Similarly, users’ Twitter media settings are configured to save them from sensitive content. Now, what to do if you want to see this sensitive content? If you think you are not that sensitive. In fact, if you hate getting these warnings on tweets, you can switch off these sensitive content warnings conveniently. How? For that, you have to read our next part attentively.
How To Enable Sensitive Content on Twitter?
Now, first things first, you have to open the Twitter website either on your mobile browser or computer. Similarly, you can also perform this action on your Twitter Android app only, not on iOS devices.
On Twitter Website
Here’s how to enable sensitive content on the Twitter website. This way, you can view sensitive content without any warning. Now, to view sensitive content in your searches, stay in the same tab and follow these steps:
On Twitter Android App
The process is similar to the web version of Twitter. The only difference, however, is in the steps leading to the “Privacy & Safety” option. Follow these steps to enable sensitive content on your Android device: After doing so, also enable the sensitive content in your searches:
The Bottom Line
To protect impressionable and sensitive users, Twitter gives sensitive content warnings. These warnings are automatically configured in your media settings to warn you against content containing violence or nudity. You can change your privacy & safety settings on both the Android app and the Twitter web version. Once you do that, as explained, you can view such content without any sensitive content warning. To turn off sensitive content on Twitter, read this article.
