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Twitter to start censoring "international" tweets. Where is censorship going to end?

Jan 28, 2012 4:24 AM

From Twitter: As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression. Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there. http://blog.twitter.com/2012/01/tweets-still-must-flow.html

They cite examples of German and French policy to restrict pro-Nazi content however do not restrict the use in events like the Egypt Revolution and anti Chinese sentiment.

Is this just another step to restrict "viral" moments such as Occupy Wall Street from gaining a foothold and other larger international causes from even getting started or a business protecting its assets?

In the past they have blocked topics from appearing on the trending topics list but this truly is restrictive on freedom of speech on the internet.

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Really, I think the only way to stop it is to ...

post censored by international authorities

I think that about covers it.

okham okham
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When we all have the exact same mind, we all practice the same religion, or no religion whatsoever, we all have the same political beliefs, and abide by the same set of rules. So basically when the Cybermen take over and we're all either upgraded or deleted.

captainsuperdawg captainsuperdawg
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@captainsuperdawg: ...Or the Daleks exterminate us all. Or the Silence puppet us and make us forget... Or the weeping angels...

petrosrex petrosrex
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Unbelievable, you'd think some of these companies would learn that censorship doesn't go over well. With things like PIPA and SOPA, you'd think twitter would stop self inflicting damage.

theselected theselected
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Don't like it, don't use Twitter.
No one is forcing you to use it.

wickedd365 wickedd365
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like it or not, in general there is no freedom of speech on any privately owned internet site. If an internet site is privately owned, the the owner of said site has the right to do whatever they want or make whatever rules they want. Don't like it? Start your own site. Undoubtedly, you'll eventually make some rules or censor certain content on your site as well.

Yes, in general you may have freedom of speech in the USA, but once you step onto private property, the owner of that property can kick you out at any time if you don't follow their rules. "The Internet" may have certain expectations of freedom of speech, but a website is not "the internet" it's a privately owned entity that resides on a privately owned/rented server somewhere, and If I own that site/server, I make the rules.

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