#TwitterBlackout: Protests brew as complaints over censorship come to a boil
Twitter can now take down a tweet in one country while leaving it available for the rest of the world to peruse at leisure."Censorship!" screamed the more excitable members of the media. "It's SOCIAL SUICIDE!!1!" But cool your jets and consider: over a hundred million tweets are posted each day and much as I like to think that everyone on the internet is a decent sort of chap, I've been on YouTube so I know this isn't true. It doesn't seem fair for Twitter to be drawn into huge legal battles that will cost the free service millions of pounds because some people have used it to do bad stuff. And by bad, we mean illegal because Twitter's only taking down tweets that are actually illegal in a specific country.To punish Twitter for what its users say is like making the whole class stay behind because whoever put a drawing pin on the teacher's seat won't own up. What's more, Twitter is a free service. None of us pay for it, and it's struggling to make money as it is, so if this new granular process
#TwitterBlackout: Protests brew as complaints over censorship come to a boil
Twitter on Thursday announced it would invoke the ability to censor some tweets on a country-by-country basis. Cue the global backlash.
Fri 27 Jan 12 from The Christian Science Monitor
Twitter begins censoring tweets by country, when required by law
Twitter has confirmed that it will begin to censor tweets, if required by law, on a country by country basis. Until now the micro-blogging service has remained a free and open platform for millions ...
Fri 27 Jan 12 from Techspot
Twitter to delete posts if countries request it
Online social networking site Twitter said Thursday it will begin deleting users' tweets in countries that require it -- but it will still keep those deleted tweets visible to the rest of the ...
Fri 27 Jan 12 from CNN
Opinion: Twitter tweet takedowns: censorship or sensible?
Twitter can now take down a tweet in one country while leaving it available for the rest of the world to peruse at leisure."Censorship!" screamed the more excitable members of the media. ...
Fri 27 Jan 12 from Techradar
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