Released: January 28, 2012

Twitter’s country-specific censorship tool prompts user protest

Source: Hayley Tsukayama, The Washington Post

Some Twitter users say they will stop using the service on Saturday in protest of the company’s new rule that allows for content to be blocked in specific countries. The policy, announced Thursday, on the company’s blog will enable the company to block specific tweets on a country-by-country basis when the content runs afoul of local laws.

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