-Twitter has been known as supporter of free speeching and now the company acknowledge there are countries that restricted to certain subject.
Twitter recently announced a new ability : tweets withhold. If it used, governmental authorities can withhold a tweet that restrictly prohibited in some countries while keeping it available in the rest of the world. Until now, to take account of those countries limits was to remove content globally.
"We haven’t yet used this ability, but if and when we are required to withhold a Tweet in a specific country, we will attempt to let the user know, and we will clearly mark when the content has been withheld." wrote the company in a blog post. Twitter take example France and Germany that ban specifics type of content - both countries ban pro-Nazi content.
Twitter take this as the company grow internationally, there will be country that has different ideology of freedom of speech. Some differ so much from Twitter ideas that Twitter will not able exist there.
"One of our core values as a company is to defend and respect each user’s voice." wrote Twitter on its blog. "We try to keep content up wherever and whenever we can, and we will be transparent with users when we can't. The Tweets must continue to flow." Twitter added.
To share the new page Twitter take partnership with Chilling Effects, http://chillingeffects.org/twitter.
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