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China Grows Its Own Twitter

Posted by Soulskill on from the 140-character-limit-seems-less-restrictive-there dept.

Stirfry192 writes "Twitter is banned in China, and the authorities are trying to foster a censored version of the service, but the speed and nature of such services calls into question China's ability to retain control — especially in combustible, highly emotional situations."

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  1. hate to post off topic, but is it just me? by markass530 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Seems like there has been a drastic reduction in the number of comments for almost all stories, I just noticed it, it could have been going down for a while I guess, but I Often see stories with low double digits, and rarely see any with triple digit comments, what happened?

  2. The First Chinese Twitter Post... by SpongeBob+Hitler · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The first Chinese Twitter post will be done by the President of the PRC. So, Hu's on first.

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