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Zune HD Twitter App Censors Tweets For You!

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that's-service dept.

SharpFang writes "The new Zune HD Twitter app censors naughty words out of tweets in your timeline. Sure, it's a free app, but this kind of active content censorship just rubs me the wrong way."

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  1. Option by rocket97 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It should be an option, not a requirement.

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    "The two most abundant elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity." -Harlan Ellison
  2. Censorship rubs you the wrong way by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Your Zune usage rubs me the wrong way.

  3. Censored Tweet by norminator · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This Zune HD isn't as good as the i*** T*****. I wish I could hook it up to my M** instead of my PC."

  4. Joke time! by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do you call 1 million censored tweets?

    A good start!

    Hey-o!

  5. Wow terrible... by Ractive · · Score: 5, Funny

    This would greatly affect all 3 users of this Zune thing.