http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2223183/Secret-Service-asks-Twitter-users-spy-reporting-threatening-tweets.html By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 12:35 EST, 25 October 2012 | UPDATED: 12:35 EST, 25 October 2012 The Secret Service is encouraging web users to spy on their Twitter feeds and report any messages which appear ‘concerning’. The appeal seems to be timed to coincide with the election campaign, when an increasing number of political […]
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MPs want to force Google and Twitter to censor search results to comply with gagging injunctions protecting the likes of Ryan Giggs
Mar 27
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120938/Google-Twitter-forced-censor-illegal-search-results-like-injunction-protecting-Ryan-Giggs-say-MPs.html Report blasts giant for refusing to filter information breaching court orders It follows case of Ryan Giggs, who was outed on Twitter despite an injunction MPs also call for crack down on sites like Facebook and Twitter if they break the law By Leon Watson PUBLISHED: 03:41 EST, 27 March 2012 | UPDATED: 08:00 […]
Brazil first country to try and use Twitter’s new censorship policy to silence its citizens
Feb 10
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2099391/Brazil-country-use-Twitters-new-censorship-policy-silence-citizens.html By Rob Waugh Last updated at 3:41 PM on 10th February 2012 Brazil could become the first country to take Twitter up on its plan to censor Tweets at government request. The move has sparked alarm among privacy groups, who fear governments will use the same policy to silence dissenting voices. The Brazilian government […]