The shift would let Twitter comply with
strictures in one country without having to pull offending tweets from
its entire audience. Previously, Twitter banned offensive content on a
global basis, rather than for a specific nation. Still, the decision
drew criticism from some users because the service has been used as an
agent of social change around the world, including the Middle East.
Some Twitter users are calling for a boycott of
the service tomorrow in protest of the decision. They’re using
“#TwitterBlackout” as a hash tag -- a label that lets people easily find
tweets on the same topic.
Reporters Without Borders, an organization that
seeks to defend freedom of information, also said it was disturbed by
Twitter’s decision.Read more here
