Source: Global Voices
A Twitter user is facing jail time in Chile after a powerful business mogul accused him of identity theft for creating parody accounts on the microblogging site.
Tag Archives: Twitter
Chile takes Twitter user to court over parody
February 21, 2013 – 11:35 am
Does the Israel-Hamas Internet war violate Twitter’s terms of service?
November 15, 2012 – 9:17 am
Source: The Atlantic
If so, a new way of war may soon meet its end.
Twitter blocks Germans’ access to neo-Nazi group
October 18, 2012 – 1:51 am
Source: Nicholas Kulish, The New York Times
The move was the first time that Twitter acted on a policy known as “country-withheld content,” announced in January, in which it will block an account at the request of a government.
Twitter and warrantless data disclosure
September 28, 2012 – 12:35 pm
Source: Tom Risen, The Netizen Project
A year after the Occupy Wall Street movement began the disorderly conduct case of one of its protesters could dilute privacy rights online, as Twitter was forced to release a protester’s tweets to a court without a search warrant on Sept. 14.
India cracks down on Internet after communal violence
August 21, 2012 – 5:06 am
Source: Devidutta Tripathy and Annie Banerji, Reuters
India pressed social media websites including Facebook and Twitter on Tuesday to remove “inflammatory” content it said helped spread rumors that caused an exodus of migrants from some Indian cities last week.
Twitter releases “transparency tool” to reveal government requests
July 3, 2012 – 5:24 am
Source: Cyrus Farivar, ars technica
The company showed the public for the first time exactly how many times governments ask for user information or ask for content to be taken down.
Federal Minister for IT slaps nationwide Twitter ban on Pakistani citizens
May 20, 2012 – 6:45 am
Source: Bytes for All
It is despicable to note that once again, Government of Pakistan has managed to block yet another social networking website Twitter.
Fake Skype encryption software serves up Syrian-based Trojan
April 20, 2012 – 9:12 am
Source: Nart Villeneuve, Trend Micro
As the conflict in Syria persists, the Internet continues to play an interesting role.
China’s Twitter war
March 22, 2012 – 5:46 pm
Source: Adam Segal, Council on Foreign Relations
Over the last week, supporters of Tibet, and the merely curious, have seen information warfare up close.
Twitter bots target Tibetan protests
March 20, 2012 – 6:48 pm
Source: Krebs on Security
Twitter bots — zombie accounts that auto-follow and send junk tweets hawking questionable wares and services — can be an annoyance to anyone who has even a modest number of followers.
