Saturday, January 28, 2012

What Does Twitter’s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression?

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION:
Twitter has not yet blocked a tweet using this new system, but when it does, that tweet will not simply disappear—there will be a message informing you that content has been blocked due to your geographical location. Fortunately, your geographical location is easy to change on the Internet. You can use a proxy or a Tor exit node located in another country. Read Write Web also suggests that you can circumvent per-country censorship by simply changing the country listed in your profile.
What Does Twitter’s Country-by-Country Takedown System Mean for Freedom of Expression?

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