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Twitter Clampdown Could Impede Anonymous Tweets

Posted by samzenpus on from the 140-decent-characters dept.

judgecorp writes "Twitter is going to clamp down on abuse and 'trolling' according to its CEO Dick Costolo. Actions could include hiding replies from users who do not have any followers or biographical information. The difficulty is that moves to stop trolling could also curtail the anonymous Tweets which have been useful for protest in repressive regimes."

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  1. Re:Meanwhile, in the sensible part of the Internet by icebraining · · Score: 5, Informative

    its over 50% of the site

    There's 57 boards in total, of which only 17 are for +18.

    It's not hard math.

    by if you mean clicking an ok box its restricted I have a box of magic beans to sell you

    I meant what I wrote: porn is restricted to the Adult boards.

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