Twitter has added a parental control to links within tweets as “possibly sensitive.” The company announced late Thursday that there is a new addition in the Twitter streaming API that will show up whenever a tweet contains a link, giving Twitter users the option to be warned before they click links that might be too sensitive to view in workplace or in public or for children.


The new feature is in the testing phase and not yet functional. According to Twitter representative Taylor Singletary, “In the future, we’ll have a family of additional API methods & fields for handling end-user ‘media settings’ and possibly sensitive content.”


Twitter reps say the company is not intend to censor material. But according to Twitter’s media policy document, the company will “remove media that might be considered sensitive such as nudity, violence, or medical procedures.”