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NY Times Asks Twitter To Shut Down Retweeting Feed

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @07:01AM from the stop-repeating-me dept.

WesternActor writes "According to PCMag.com, the New York Times has asked Twitter to shut down the FreeNYT Twitter feed that basically retweets all of the Times' articles. Is this really possible? After all, the feed just points to a list of Times Twitter accounts, all of which can also be found on the Times' website. If the Times succeeds in shutting this down, it could have a chilling effect for Twitter and online free speech in general."

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erm by cyberfin · 2011-03-23 07:06 · Score: 5, Insightful

"it could have a chilling effect for Twitter and online free speech in general".

Eh, no. Just no. Stop it.

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And this is a bad thing - why? by Third+Position · 2011-03-23 07:08 · Score: 5, Insightful

If the Times succeeds in shutting this down, it could have a chilling effect for Twitter and online free speech in general."
Anything that has a chilling effect on Twitter can't be all bad!

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