Journalists react to Twitter ‘censorship’ policy
The most–linked and commented item on MuckRack over the past 24 hours has been:
Tweets Must Still Flow, a post on the Twitter blog announcing the company’s “ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country — while keeping it available in the rest of the world.”
The AP’s Michael Liedtke writes that the move “is likely to raise fears that Twitter’s commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company expands into new countries in an attempt to broaden its audience and make more money.”
Vikas Bajaj of the NYT tweets from Mumbai: “This should endear Twitter to some in the Indian govt.”
PBS’s Hari Sreenivasan tweeted: “Does this mean @twitter is willing to let governments or copyright holders #censor users?”
Blake Hounshell of Foreign Policy magazine tweeted: “Booooo”, while Current’s Daniela Capistrano tweets, simply: “Caved.”
Anna Heim at The Next Web writes: “Worried about possible restrictions on Twitter? Here’s how to get around them.”
Let us know what you think?
- SMcG
