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February 1, 2012

Twitter to selectively ‘censor’ tweets by country

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:19 am

by the BBC

Twitter has announced that it now has the technology to selectively block tweets on a country by country basis. In its blog, Twitter said it could “reactively withhold content from users in a specific country”. But it said the removed content would be available to the rest of the world. Previously when Twitter deleted a tweet, it would disappear worldwide. The decision has been criticised by the freedom of information advocacy group Reporters Without Borders. The move comes at a time when Twitter is in the process of expanding its global business.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16753729

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