Mail Online UK
| 7 months ago
Germany has pulled off a world-first in getting blogging site Twitter to block an account to silence neo-Nazis spreading hate messages. But while the tweets will no longer be visible to users in Germany, the rest of the world will be able to view...
The Christian Science Monitor
| 7 months ago
According to the Associated Press , the ban came after authorities in Lower Saxony ordered "the closure of all user accounts of the Besseres Hannover group," including YouTube and Twitter. Skip to next paragraph Recent posts
The Guardian
| 7 months ago
A German police officers shows a Nazi flag confiscated from the far-right group Besseres Hannover (Better Hanover). Photograph: Alexander Koerner/AP Twitter has blocked the account of a neo-Nazi group that is accused of inciting hatred towards...
Tech Dirt
| 7 months ago
While many people got upset about this, believing it meant that Twitter was supporting censorship, we noted that the issue is a bit more nuanced than that. You could take the extreme position that Twitter should stand up for free speech absolutely,...
Venture Beat
| 7 months ago
We already live in our own personal social media reality bubbles. Now Twitter is providing entire countries with their own reality bubbles. Early this year Twitter created the capability to block tweets and users by country, while still allowing...
Jerusalem Post
| 7 months ago
Special function allows Twitter to block extremist group's content in Germany while maintaining its accessibility elsewhere. Twitter has blocked messages in Germany from a group banned by local authorities over right-wing extremism, using its powers...
Reuters
| 7 months ago
News Analysis & Opinion Related Topics Neo-Nazis walk with black flags through the town of Remagen, some 25 km (15 miles) south of Bonn November 19, 2011. Twitter has blocked messages in Germany from a group banned by local authorities over right-...
Israel National News
| 7 months ago
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