Twitter separates itself from other social networking sites, allowing the sharing of posts containing images and videos containing violence or nudity. However, in order to prevent such posts from being seen by every user in any case, it categorizes these posts as sensitive content. By using sensitive content on or off functions on Twitter, users can determine their preferences regarding this content.
Twitter takes steps in this way in order to prevent the sharing of videos and photos containing nudity in environments such as work, school, and public transportation from suddenly appearing in front of the user, or to not show the shares containing images and videos of blood and violence that may affect people psychologically. Twitter also gives this warning when you try to view the accounts that make these posts frequently, as well as the posts containing videos and photos containing violence and nudity. However, it is possible to observe that these warnings are also received from time to time, except for posts containing images and videos containing violence or nudity. In other words, any post can be mistakenly considered as a “post containing violence and nudity”. After a few settings, it is possible to view these contents, which are called NSFW (Not safe for work) in English and can be roughly translated as “Not safe for work”, without sensitive content warning.
How to Open Sensitive Content on Twitter?
How to Open Sensitive Content in Browsers such as Google Chrome and Opera?
- Enter twitter.com using your internet browser.
- Log into Twitter using your username, registered phone number or registered email address and password.
- Click “More” on the left side above “Tweet” in the navigation bar.
- Click “Settings” and “Privacy” in the drop-down menu.
- On the page that opens, click on the “Privacy and security” settings section.
- Click on the “Content you’ve seen” option in the “Your Twitter activity” section.
- Check the box next to “Mark media you tweet as potentially sensitive” or “View media that may be sensitive” in this section.
- Finally, when you enable this setting by checking this option, different Twitter users who enter your profile may see a message stating that there is or may be published potentially sensitive content on your profile, asking if they would like to view it. However, by following the same process, people who have the feature of viewing potentially sensitive content turned on can view your profile without this warning.
How to Open Sensitive Content on Android Devices
- Open the Twitter app you downloaded from the Google Play Store.
- After the application is opened, log in to the application using your username, registered phone number or registered e-mail address and password.
- Click on your profile photo at the top left of your homepage.
- Click on “Settings and privacy” at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
- Tap “Privacy & security” in the Settings & privacy tab.
- Click “Show media that may contain sensitive content” under the “Security” heading at the bottom.
If you think your Twitter account has sensitive content, you can also turn on the “Mark media you tweet as may contain sensitive material” option here.
How to Open Sensitive Content Settings on iOS Devices?
Unfortunately, there is no sensitive content removal option in the Twitter application, which you can download from the App Store. However, iOS users also have the chance to remove Twitter’s sensitive content setting using the internet browser on their device.
- Go to twitter.com with your internet browser on your iOS device.
- Log in to the site using your username, registered phone number or registered e-mail address and password.
- Click on your profile photo at the top left of your homepage.
- Click on “Settings and privacy” at the bottom of the drop-down menu.
- Tap “Privacy and security” in the Settings and privacy tab.
- Tap the “Content you’ve seen” option under your “Twitter activity” heading.
- Activate the “View media with potentially sensitive content” option on the page that appears.