Twitter has announced that it now has the technology to selectively block tweets on a country by country basis. It’s a victory for countries like China and India which block or threaten to block websites carrying “objectionable” content. Twitter seems to be giving in to countries with restrictions on freedom of expression to expand its global business.
On its blog, Twitter said it could “reactively withhold content from users in a specific country”.
But it said the removed content would be available to the rest of the world. Previously when Twitter deleted a tweet, it would disappear worldwide. Continue reading
