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Twitter faces accusations of censorship; users plan Saturday boycott
Washington Post
Some Twitter users say they will boycott the service on Saturday after the company announced it may begin blocking tweets in specific countries. The social network said Thursday that it had given itself the ability to block content on a ...
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South Africa's Space Program Wants Twitter Input
Voice of America
January 27, 2012 South Africa's Space Program Wants Twitter Input Nadia Samie | Johannesburg A new study shows that social networking is growing on the African continent, especially in South Africa, where the country's Twitter-active population posted ...
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Facebook, Twitter taking over
ESPN
"I didn't know doodly-squat about Facebook and Twitter," the former Georgia Tech, Alabama and Kentucky coach said. Then Curry discovered that any one of his recruits could be reached at any time through social media. The next day, Curry had a Facebook ...
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Twitter's New Policy on Blocking Posts Is Attacked, and Defended
New York Times (blog)
Dear Twitter, I face so much censorship in Sudan as a journalist, you were my free and safe space. I'm grieving now. Twitter users around the world reacted with confusion and a sense of betrayal on Friday to the company's announcement that it had ...
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Twitter's Realpolitik & the Sovereign-ization of the Internet
Forbes
Reports that "Twitter Can Censor by Country" is a perfect example of how the world is changing the Internet. Change is a two-way street. Conventional wisdom that only assumes the Internet is changing the world risks being blind-sided by the Internet's ...
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Tracy Howard's mother embraces Twitter so that he doesn't have to
ESPN
He doesn't have a Twitter account. But his mother, Shaiy, does. With Shaiy Howard engaging with and responding to hundreds of comments and questions, she deflects some of the attention from her teenage son. He is ranked the No.
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Twitter Investor Spark Promotes Mo Koyfman To General Partner
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The company has made early investments in promising consumer Internet startups such as Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare. Koyfman, a native of New Jersey, has led a few investments for the firm, including online marketplaces Skillshare and Work Market.
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Twitter Accepts Defeat By Fascists, Good For Google And Facebook
Forbes
Today will be remembered as the day when Twitter accepted defeat at the hands of fascists. Not long ago, Twitter was much heralded for its contribution to the uprising against the mullahs in Iran. The uprising was crushed but then came the Arab Spring ...
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Tech Today: Blogosphere Takes on Twitter Censorship
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Tom Loftus A shop in Tahrir Square is spray painted with the word Twitter after the government shut off internet access on February 4, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. Reactions to Twitter Censorship Announcement: Twitter's announced yesterday that it now has ...
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Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor
Newsday
Click here Twitter's new censorship plan rouses global furor Originally published: January 26, 2012 8:30 PM Updated: January 27, 2012 4:42 PM By The Associated Press DAVID CRARY (AP National Writer) (AP) -- Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and ...
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