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Twitter is far more lenient on sensitive content than most major social networks. However, content that contains scenes of violence or nudity is not displayed immediately. Instead, Twitter will limit the media to a warning about potentially sensitive content.
While you can ignore the warning and just click “View” on the content you want, doing this for every video can be frustrating. You can change your Twitter settings and immediately see sensitive content without restrictions. Keep reading to find out more.
How to View Confidential Content on Twitter on PC
Twitter web client is a powerful control center that allows you to access the full range of features offered by this social network. Among other things, you can turn off the sensitivity in a few clicks.
- On the Twitter home page, click the “More” button in the menu on the left.
- Click on the “Settings and Privacy” tab.
- Go to the “Privacy and Security” section.
- Click the “Content you see” tab under “Your activity on Twitter”.
- Check the “Display media that may contain sensitive content” box.
After successfully completing these steps, you will immediately be able to see Tweets containing sensitive content.
These tweets are usually hidden from search. If you have some content and want to be able to find it quickly, you can enable Confidential Tweets while searching.
- Repeat steps 1-4.
- Click the Search Settings button.
- In the pop-up window, uncheck “Hide sensitive content”.
How to View Confidential Content on Twitter on iPhone
When scrolling through the Twitter timeline on your iPhone, it can be annoying to keep potentially sensitive media unlocked. Especially when you consider that Twitter often misrepresents media as confidential. To avoid the hassle of unlocking each video individually, you can disable the privacy warning completely.
Unfortunately, this option is not available on iPhone Twitter. Appendix. Instead, you will need to change the settings to net.
- Go to your “Profile” in the menu to the left of the main page.
- Tap the Settings & Privacy tab.
- Click “Privacy and Security”.
- Tap the Content You See tab under Your Twitter Activity.
- Check the “Display media that may contain sensitive content” box.
Once you open Twitter on your iPhone again, you will be able to view sensitive content without warning. However, you still won’t be able to search for such content. To change this, do the following.
- Repeat steps 1-4.
- Click the Search Settings button.
- In the pop-up window, uncheck “Hide sensitive content”.
How to view sensitive content on Twitter on an Android device
Unlike iPhone, Twitter is for Android Appendix offers you the option to disable the sensitivity filter directly from your mobile device. The process is relatively quick as it involves five simple steps.
- Depending on your device, tap your profile icon or the hamburger icon in the top left corner.
- Go to “Settings and Privacy”.
- Click “Privacy and Security” under your username.
- Scroll down to the “Content you see” section.
- Turn on the “Display media that may contain sensitive content” toggle.
Sensitive content will now appear on your Twitter timeline. But you won’t be able to find it with the search bar. Luckily, there is a quick fix for this as well.
- Repeat steps 1-4.
- Go to Search Settings.
- Uncheck the box next to Hide sensitive content.
How to View Confidential Content on Twitter on iPad
If you prefer to tweet from your iPad, there’s unfortunately nothing you can do about the privacy media alert on your device. This does not mean that you cannot get rid of this annoying warning. You just need to log into your Twitter account Web site.
- Navigate to the “More” button on the left panel of the Twitter homepage.
- Go to the “Settings and Privacy” tab.
- Click “Privacy and Security”.
- Click on the “Content you see” tab under “Your activity on Twitter”.
- Check the “Display media that may contain sensitive content” box.
You can now return to your iPad Twitter Appendix and keep scrolling without any content warnings. If you also want to remove the restrictions that Twitter places on the search for sensitive content, do the following.
- Repeat steps 1-4.
- Go to Search Settings.
- Uncheck “Hide sensitive content”.
#No filter
While most major platforms tend to suppress sensitive content, Twitter has been known for—and loved—for its looser controls on general content. As long as nothing illegal is displayed on the twitter media, it is usually allowed to remain enabled, albeit hidden behind a warning message.
If you want Twitter media to be as unrestricted as most of the tweets you see on a daily basis, follow the steps above to make it happen. It only takes you a few clicks, after which you can return to scrolling through the timeline without filters.
How often do you use Twitter? Have you come across media that has been erroneously labeled as confidential? Let us know in the comments below.