Twitter Builds a Better Gagger
January 30, 2012 No CommentsSOURCE: TechNewsWorld
Twitter now has the ability to silence tweets on a country-by-country basis. If it’s given a valid and legal request to block a message in a particular country, the service says, it will make that message invisible to users located there. Freedom of speech advocates came down hard on the company. Twitter maintains it’s “extremely passionate about people’s right to free expression,” said spokesperson Rachel Bremer.