If your calendar from Twitter is looking a bit calmer this morning, it could be a protest day against the recent announcement of Twitter, that they would block certain tweets in different countries. It turns out that the concept of freedom of speech and expression differs from a nation, and Twitter would not facilitate rather any illegal activity.
But it will not really cutting to more progressive Twitter users, who are carefully all the censorship as a very bad thing. And with good reason. Article New York Times Friday "Tweets Off sets censorship # contempt" has done a good job of explaining that international users can expect the new policy of Twitter - and why it is frightening: shit.
So if someone displays an insult to the monarchy, the Thailand, which is punishable by a term of imprisonment, he will be blocked and available for Twitter users in that country, but still visible elsewhere. What more, users of Twitter in Thailand will be put on notice that something has been removed: a gray box will appear in place, with a clear note: "Tweet selected," he will read. "This user name tweet @ has been adopted in: Thailand. »
Yeah, I do not see how that could cause concern. On the one hand, there is transparency. However, there is a large grey box. The omnipresent anonymous group organized protest today, urging users to tweet Twitter on 28 January. I guess that the outcry was not quite what they hoped, as a subsequent tweet read, "and not a single fuck received date here." "Fun with twatters of censorship".
Fought is a noble cause and Twitter should be held accountable for its decisions. At the same time, the idea of staying silent in sign of protest to be censored does gel with me. May I say that just because I am a slave to my calendar. In any event, expect many of your friends to continue tweeting as usual. Not even anonymous can eliminate all Instagrammed photos Saturday morning French toast.
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