Twitter faces censorship backlash
The social network Twitter is facing a storm of criticism from users, after revealing that it has implemented a system that would let it withhold particular tweets from specific countries.The company has insisted that it will not use the gagging system in a blanket fashion, but would apply it on a
Twitter able to censor tweets in individual countries
Twitter has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis.The additional flexibility announced on Thursday is likely to raise fears that Twitter's commitment to free speech may be weakening as the short-messaging company expands into new countries in an attempt to
Twitter acquisition confirms that curation is the future
Twitter made an interesting acquisition on Thursday, when it bought a young Canadian startup called Summify, a company whose service (as its name implies) was designed to cut through the noise of all those social-media streams and summarize the content that matters. More than anything, this is
Sopa is bad legislation, tweets EU's internet tsar
The EU's internet tsar has added her voice to resistance to the Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) in an unusually open comment on US legislation.Neelie Kroes, the EU commissioner for the digital agenda, tweeted on Friday: 'Glad tide is turning on Sopa: don't need bad legislation when should be
The new goal: Must-tweet TV
I watched the Golden Globes on Sunday night. Live. On TV.That might sound unremarkable except that I can't remember the last time I intentionally watched a scheduled show that wasn't on-demand, at a time of my choosing. I'm part of the generation the TV networks have nightmares about: the generation
Rupert Murdoch turns to Twitter to attack Obama
Media baron Rupert Murdoch used his new Twitter account this weekend to attack the Obama administration's opposition to parts of proposed legislation designed to combat Internet piracy.'So Obama has thrown in his lot with Silicon Valley paymasters who threaten all software creators with piracy,
Twitter lashes out at Google search changes
Twitter lashed out at changes Google Inc unveiled for its search engine on Tuesday, describing the changes as 'bad' for consumers and for Web publishers.Twitter, a microblogging service that allows its users to broadcast short, 140-character messages to groups of 'followers,' said Google's changes
Why Twitter's verified account failure matters
The new year brought a treat for those who like to follow aging media moguls, with the launch of official Twitter accounts belonging to both News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch and his wife Wendi Deng, including some awkward banter around a tweet that Murdoch later reportedly deleted (although as a
Twitter embarrassed by fake Wendi Murdoch account
Twitter, the popular microblogging site, apologized on Tuesday for incorrectly verifying a false account for Wendi Deng, the wife of News Corp Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch.The fake account with the handle @Wendi_Deng popped up on Sunday soon after a real Twitter account was started by the media
Rupert Murdoch splashes opinions on Twitter
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch has rung in the New Year with a new Twitter account that includes praise for Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum and opinions on President Barack Obama's policies and the Steve Jobs biography.By Monday night, just two days after he started his Twitter account,
Twitter newbie Rupert Murdoch following fake account
Looks like it could take awhile for new Twitter user Rupert Murdoch to get the hang of things.For starters, the 80-year-old media mogul, who signed up for Twitter over the New Year's holiday, might want to make sure the people he follows are real.As of Monday, the oft-controversial Murdoch was
Celebrities may temper Twitter comments after 2011 blunders
Celebrities may resist the urge to send a stream of consciousness on Twitter in the new year, after famous people tweeted their way into trouble on everything from boxer briefs to breast-feeding in 2011.NASCAR driver Kasey Kahne became the latest celebrity to blunder on Twitter, when he recently had
Not banned in Boston: Tweet seats come to a theater near you
In what theater purists may see as capitulation to attention deficit disorder, several Boston area theaters plan to start offering special 'tweet seats' for mobile-phone wielding patrons.Where most theaters still demand that users turn off or at least silence their devices  during
Company sues ex-employee for his Twitter followers
A Twitter user is being sued for £217,000 by his former employer for taking his online followers with him when he switched jobs. Noah Kravitz, a writer from Oakland, California, amassed 17,000 followers on the social networking site when he worked for PhoneDog, a website providing news and reviews
News as a process: How journalism works in the age of Twitter
We've written many times about how journalism is changing in the age of social media, thanks to what Om has called the 'democracy of distribution' provided by tools like Twitter , and how everyone now has the opportunity to function as a journalist, even for a short time, during news
Twitter Open Sources Its Android Moxie
Twitter has open sourced TextSecure , an Android text-messaging client the company acquired earlier last month with the purchase Whisper Systems, an outfit founded by well-known security guru Moxie Marlinspike , and in the coming months, it plans to release the rest of Whisper's
Twitter + Saudi Arabia: It's not easy being a media entity
As reported by Bloomberg- and confirmed on Sunday by the Saudi Arabian billionaire's holding company , Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has bought $300 million worth of Twitter stock. Although it's not clear whether he acquired the shares on the secondary market or directly from the company
Saudi prince purchases $300 million stake in Twitter
The billionaire prince said the investment was made after 'several months of negotiations' and would represent 'a strategic stake' in the microblogging service.'We believe that social media will fundamentally change the media industry landscape in the coming years. Twitter
