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in BloggingTwitter's Country Specific Censorship May Be Good for Human Rights

While protests are planned against Twitter's new policy, some commentators argue Twitter should be a model for other social media companies.by cblaha / on Jan 30, 2012 -
in PoliticsHouse to Debate Revised SOPA on Thursday

Lamar Smith has changed SOPA significantly, the House Judiciary Committee will review on Thursday.by cblaha / on Dec 13, 2011 -
in TechnologyClinton, EU, Urge Protection of Internet Freedom

At the Dutch Government's Internet Freedom Conference, calls for companies and governments not to support oppressive regimes.by cblaha / on Dec 9, 2011
Latest blogosphere posts tagged “censorship”
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Thailand welcomes Twitter censorship changes
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Thailand has become the first country to publicly endorse Twitters plans to censor tweets on a country-by-country basis, meaning that anybody wanting to insult the Royal Family had better get a move on. read more16 hours ago -
1/30/2012 Morning Coffee: A Look Inside A Chinese Factory, Teens Migrating to Twitter, and More!
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Stories about privacy, new technology and the social implications of computing gathered from around the web: Gadgets Mr. Daisy goes to China - This American Life on NPR has a few stories investigating life in Chinese factories. Social Media How the Peace Corps uses social media to build community online ...17 hours ago -
Twitter Wins New Fans Over Censorship
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Getty Images A shop in Tahrir Square is spray-painted with the word Twitter after the government shut off Internet access on Feb. 4 in Cairo, Egypt. More In Censorship What Would it Take to Get Twitter Unblocked in China? Google Lures Chinese Consumers with Android Apps Video: Censors Target Reality ...17 hours ago -
Thailand welcomes Twitter censorship tool
PCT Thailand's Free Expatriates Blog —
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Thailand welcomes Twitter censorship tool BANGKOK ( AFP) – Thailand , which regularly cracks down on Internet content deemed critical of its revered monarchy, on Monday welcomed social media giant Twitters controversial new censorship policy. Related Stories South-east Asian airlines to profit as Myanmar ...17 hours ago -
Thoughts on Twitter’s Latest Move
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Today, Twitter announced a new system that will allow the company to geolocationally block (or, to use their terms, “withhold”) specific tweets in specific countries. On the company blog, Twitter explained: We haven’t yet used this ability, but if18 hours ago -
Tech Group: SOPA/PIPA Need To Be Scrapped Entirely
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Thu Jan 26, 2012 Originally posted to Joan McCarter President and CEO of Public Knowledge Gigi Sohn writes at Forbes CIO Network blog, arguing that theres nothing salvagable in the current SOPA/PIPA anti-internet piracy bills. Reporters want to know—what if this provision came out? Or what ...18 hours ago -
Thailand backs Twitter censorship policy
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http://www.guardian.co.uk Thailand backs Twitter censorship policy Thai government becomes first to publicly endorse Twitter’s decision to permit country-specific censorship of contentThailand has become the first government to publicly endorse Twitter’s controversial decision to censor messages in ...18 hours ago -
Thailand backs Twitter censorship policy
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Thai government becomes first to publicly endorse Twitters decision to permit country-specific censorship of content Thailand has become the first government to publicly endorse Twitters controversial decision to censor messages in certain countries. Twitter announced last week it would permit country-specific ...18 hours ago -
Twitters Tough Balancing Act
Social Media Today —
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Twitter users everywhere are reacting to the news, and Ive read several articles taking stance on the latest decision by Twitter. They ranged from good to really bad, and you can find plenty of examples a last couple of days. After sleeping on Twitter censorship announcement, I wanted to share a few more ...19 hours ago -
WTC Ground Zero Fires Could Have Heated The Steel By Up To 4°F
Uncensored Magazine —
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. An abundance of forensic evidence proves the official 9/11 conspiracy theory is scientifically and physically impossible. If the official theory were true, the laws of thermodynamics and thermochemistry would need to be rewritten and people would survive months of burial in sand. . Read the rest here Like ...20 hours ago -
Philosophy Wire: Twitter, censorship, France…
Harmonia Philosophica —
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Philosophy Wire by Spiros Kakos [2012-01-29]: Twitter announced that it now has in place a selective censorship technology that will allow it to filter tweets according to the limitations in each country [source: web news ]. And if you think these limitations exist only for “primitive” countries think twice… ...1 day ago -
The 62nd Republic Day and India
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On the 26 th of January, 2011, we Indians proudly celebrated the 62 nd Republic Day. The word Republic comes from the Latin word Res Publica which can be literally translated to ‘a public affair’. The pompous parades and the show of valour throughout the nation was indeed a very well choreographed public affair. ...1 day ago -
Twitter faces censorship charges
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Twitter, championed as a tool of free expression during the Arab Spring, was facing censorship charges on Friday after announcing it can now block tweets on a country-by-country basis if legally required to do so. San Francisco-based Twitter stressed the move in no way compromised its commitment to free speech, but ...1 day ago -
TWITTER CENSORSHIP!
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Twitter , a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws. It was a stunning role reversal for a youthful company that prides itself in promoting ...1 day ago -
Cannot censor the Web: Google to India
The India Daily —
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Ahead of a court hearing, technology giant Google facing controversy in India allegedly for hosting obscene and objectionable content on Thursday made it clear that it is not possible for the company to monitor everything on its website. Google and Facebook are among 21 companies whose executives have been summoned to ...2 days ago -
When Twitter Blocks Tweets, It’s #Outrage - NYTimes.com
Peter O'Kelly's Reality Check —
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A time for big Twitter decisions Tim Wu, a professor at Columbia Law School and author of “The Master Switch,” said the changes could undermine the usefulness of Twitter in authoritarian countries. “I don’t fault them for wanting to run a normal business,” he said. “It does suggest someone or ...2 days ago -
Web searches: illegal content to be demoted
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Illegal content should be forcibly demoted in web searches, a group of UK rights holders has suggested.2 days ago -
Twitter: From freedoms blue nightingale to an internationally censored dead parrot?
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" The Tweets must flow", Twitter declared a year ago, and quickly became an instrument of fast-moving revolution across the Arab world, coordinating mass protests in Egypt and sidestepping the state censorship in Syria. But, the microblogging site conceded that the tweets would not flow evenly in every ...2 days ago -
Tweet Tweet na raha, censor censor ho gaya…
Sunil Rajguru's World —
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So Twitter has decided to block certain Tweets if required by law. Many users are seething at this censorship. Please sing to the tune of Dost dost na raha from Sangam … Tweet Tweet na raha, censor censor ho gaya, Cyberspace hamain tera, aitbaar na raha, aitbaar na raha…. Keemti Tweets mere apne dil ki, ...2 days ago -
Twitter Yields to Selective Censorship
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This is a sad development for social media: The popular Twitter has yielded to selective censorship From New York Daily News , Twitter service may be getting spotty in some countries. The micro-blogging firm announced on the company blog Thursday that it plans to change its censorship policies ...2 days ago


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