The Revolution Won't Be Tweeted?

Has Twitter turned?

...in what many view as an about-face, Twitter now says it has the power to block tweets in a specific country if the government legally requires it to do so, triggering outrage around the world, especially in Arab countries.

Dissidents and activists there fear the new policy will stifle free speech and thousands of users are threatening to boycott Twitter.

"Is it safe to say that Twitter is selling us out?" asked Egyptian activist Mahmoud Salem
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Twitter insists that it remains fully committed to free speech. It used to be that if Twitter removed a tweet, it vanished from the Web. Now a tweet that violates the law in one country will still be visible in the rest of the world.

Twitter will post a censorship notice whenever a tweet is removed, similar to what Google does. It will share the removal requests on the Chilling Effects website, which advocates for Internet freedom and tracks take-down notices.

Twitter said it would not remove any tweets unless it is legally required to do so, and then only after an internal review.

I suppose it's good to know that they still care...