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[ NNSquad ] Censorship-happy Thailand and China embrace Twitter's new censorship policy
Censorship-happy Thailand and China embrace Twitter's new censorship policy
http://j.mp/AeBnta (Foreign Policy)
"When Twitter unveiled a new system last week to censor specific tweets
in specific countries if the content violates local laws, many people
reacted in anger. Some spent Saturday boycotting the service.
Reporters Without Borders penned a letter denouncing the move.
International microblogging celebrities such as Ai Weiwei and Mahmoud
Salem took Twitter to task. "Thank you for the #censorship, #twitter,
with love from the governments of #Syria, #Bahrain, #Iran, #Turkey,
#China, #Saudi and friends," Swedish Twitter user Bjrn Nilsson wrote.
In fact, Nilsson wasn't so far off. Since Twitter's announcement,
voices in countries where free speech is tightly restricted have
rushed to the company's defense (others claim Twitter's new rules are
actually good for free speech)."
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Regardless of your own motives, when the censors praise you, there's
one thing you know for sure -- you're not seen by them as fighting
*against* censorship.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
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