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Twitter Developing Technology To Thwart Censorship

Posted by samzenpus on from the unblockable-force dept.

SHMG writes "Micro-blogging site Twitter is developing technology that will prevent government censorship, after Iran and China moved to censor its users. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, Twitter CEO and co-founder Evan Williams said the company was working on 'hacks' to stop any blocking by foreign governments. 'We are partially blocked in China and other places and we were in Iran as well,' he said. 'The most productive way to fight that is not by trying to engage China and other governments whose very being is against what we are about.'"

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  1. Other companies should follow suit. by Ralph+Spoilsport · · Score: 5, Insightful
    'The most productive way to fight that is not by trying to engage China and other governments whose very being is against what we are about.'"

    That Google / Apple / Microsoft / etc. would ever make such a statement...

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  2. Re:In SOVIET RUSSIA... by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Aren't you implicitly trusting that the news you were presented by the American media during the Cold War wasn't designed to manipulate your opinions of the Soviet government?

    Consider how today's American media presents the Chinese government. Who is it actually being mind-controlled?

  3. Re:How far should social responsibility reach? by biryokumaru · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's what I keep saying about defending Allah, but they still won't let me fly the airplane!

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