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Why Twitter's new policy is helpful for free-speech advocates

My initial reaction upon a cursory reading of the announcement was also that it wasn’t too bad, given the alternatives.

Twitter sparks free speech fury by announcing it will censor messages country-by-country

It was credited with fanning the flames of unrest across the Arab world as citizens took to the streets in protest and decades-old regimes fell. It helped co-ordinate the Occupy movement that swept across the globe, and was blamed for playing a key part in last year's devastat …

Twitter to censor content in some countries

Twitter has announced it will begin restricting tweets in certain countries, marking a policy shift for the social media platform that helped propel the popular uprisings recently sweeping across the Middle East. "As we continue to grow internationally, we will enter countries …

Twitter acquires antimalware company Dasient

Twitter has acquired Internet security firm Dasient, the Sunnyvale, California startup said on its blog on Monday. Dasient, which describes itself as a cloud-based Web antimalware technology company, introduced in 2010 a service to protect advertisement networks and publishers …

Top High School Football Recruit Expelled For Twitter Tweets Loses Dream Scholarship

Yuri Wright, a highly sought-after football recruit, has been expelled from school for sexually graphic and racial Twitter posts. “He was expelled from the school for things he had written on Twitter,” Toal told ESPNNewYork.com.

NEWSVINE MEMBERS! HELP FIGHT SOPA & PIPA!

As probably know, many websites such as Wikipedia, have shut down for a day in protest of the pending legislation that many consider to be an infringement of our Constitutional 1st Amendment Rights.  This legislation has the potential of impeding your ability for gathering  …

Twitter feed gives Swedes a new picture

An organic sheep farmer, a priest and a Bosnian immigrant are among those who have helped double Sweden's Twitter followers in the past month. As part of what the country is calling "the world's most democratic Twitter experiment", a different Swede takes sole control of the  …

Rupert Murdoch squares off with President Obama over online piracy legislation

The controversy over the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) going through the House of Representatives and its Senate equivalent, the Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa), has intensified.

Newsvine 2011 Awards for:

I qould like to hear everyones opinion on who/what you would nominate for the following awards (if they existed) for Newsvine for last year: Best Article Best Author Best Seed Best Moderator R.A.V.

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Rupert Murdoch Twitter: Mogul, 80, tweets support for Rick Santorum on social network | Mail Online

As Rick Santorum continues his surprise climb up the polls, he has received support from an unexpected quarter - media mogul Rupert Murdoch. The day before the Iowa caucuses, the News Corporation boss wrote on Twitter that 'all Iowans' should 'think about' supporting Mr Santor …

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