Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Twitter Inc., the microblogging service, gave itself extra flexibility to censor information in parts of the world that impose restrictions on self-expression.
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I have a head cold so I probably won’t give justice to the anger I felt when I read this about Twitter. This means, I surmise, that while people all over the world can read a tweet sent from a site in Iran, the Iranian people who are meant to read it, won’t be able to.
Censorship at its finest.
*Heavy sigh*
I discovered the Internet back in the 80s. I used Prodigy to log on, dial up of course. The wait was worth it. You were able to access information from all around the world. Talk to people on the other side of the planet, and a community was formed of people with like-minds.
Today, like then, I worried about the women in countries where there wasn’t freedom. Women who have acid thrown in their faces if they dare to go to school. Women who are forced to marry their rapists and female children are used and abused.
I had hoped that censorship would never happen on the web. I dreamed that all people of all countries would be able to converse and learn from each other and perhaps a bond would form, creating a
world without conflict, a new civilization where people agreed to disagree without war.
I was wrong.
Today American citizens are held in Egypt and can’t come home. Iranian citizens can’t see what the world thinks, much less their neighbor and friends. Our last bastion of freedom, Google and Twitter, are now censored.
I need a Hot Toddy. A little alcohol to go with the cold.
So, let’s talk Entangled, an awesome paranormal romance. I’m having the author on next week and we’ll interview her main character. You can see her book here: www.crescentmoonpress.com.
That’s enough from me now. I’m going back to bed and nurse this cold.
Happy reading everyone!
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I have a head cold so I probably won’t give justice to the anger I felt when I read this about Twitter. This means, I surmise, that while people all over the world can read a tweet sent from a site in Iran, the Iranian people who are meant to read it, won’t be able to.
Censorship at its finest.
*Heavy sigh*
I discovered the Internet back in the 80s. I used Prodigy to log on, dial up of course. The wait was worth it. You were able to access information from all around the world. Talk to people on the other side of the planet, and a community was formed of people with like-minds.
Today, like then, I worried about the women in countries where there wasn’t freedom. Women who have acid thrown in their faces if they dare to go to school. Women who are forced to marry their rapists and female children are used and abused.
I had hoped that censorship would never happen on the web. I dreamed that all people of all countries would be able to converse and learn from each other and perhaps a bond would form, creating a
world without conflict, a new civilization where people agreed to disagree without war.
I was wrong.
Today American citizens are held in Egypt and can’t come home. Iranian citizens can’t see what the world thinks, much less their neighbor and friends. Our last bastion of freedom, Google and Twitter, are now censored.
I need a Hot Toddy. A little alcohol to go with the cold.
So, let’s talk Entangled, an awesome paranormal romance. I’m having the author on next week and we’ll interview her main character. You can see her book here: www.crescentmoonpress.com.
That’s enough from me now. I’m going back to bed and nurse this cold.
Happy reading everyone!
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