18/10/12
Twitter uses its censorship policy for the 1st time for a Pro-Nazi account ....
Twitter is the first example worldwide micro-blogging site that prides itself on free speech and which helped to fuel the Arab Spring uprisings and used to organise themselves. Is now using its "country withheld content" function to block accounts that violatelocal laws , this came into force in January.
SUMMARY :
This shows that now social networking at internet in general is taking a more harder approach on the uses of sites and the content that goes onto them however because the German goverment requested for the accounts closure can show that perhaps Twitter do not pay as much attention to the content of tweets etc which can be an example of why the Arab Spring was able to organise themselves through Twitter.
Moreover it can be seen as a way of limiting the freedom of speech and pluralism of people.
Twitter uses its censorship policy for the 1st time for a Pro-Nazi account ....
- Besseres Hannover - Better Hanover - is a Hitler-worshipping group that called for a Fourth Reich, the expulsion of immigrants and new round-ups of Jews. Members of the group have been charged with racial hatred and creating a criminal organisation
German police/goverment, requested the account be closed.
The tweets will no longer be visible to users in Germany although the rest of the world will be able to view them.The account was blocked an account in a whole country for the first time when it stopped Germans receiving or viewing past tweets from a banned neo-Nazi group.
The tweets will no longer be visible to users in Germany although the rest of the world will be able to view them.The account was blocked an account in a whole country for the first time when it stopped Germans receiving or viewing past tweets from a banned neo-Nazi group.
Twitter is the first example worldwide micro-blogging site that prides itself on free speech and which helped to fuel the Arab Spring uprisings and used to organise themselves. Is now using its "country withheld content" function to block accounts that violatelocal laws , this came into force in January.
SUMMARY :
This shows that now social networking at internet in general is taking a more harder approach on the uses of sites and the content that goes onto them however because the German goverment requested for the accounts closure can show that perhaps Twitter do not pay as much attention to the content of tweets etc which can be an example of why the Arab Spring was able to organise themselves through Twitter.
Moreover it can be seen as a way of limiting the freedom of speech and pluralism of people.
This also shows how the internet may not be as free or open in the future as gatekeepers will moderate what can or cant be up there. This will affect the "freedom of speech" the internet has. But this could also be seen as a good thing as it will protect people from forms of discrimination - for example; racism.
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