How to get around Twitter's censorship of Tweets
Outraged that Twitter will begin censoring Tweets appearing or originating from certain countries, some have discovered a workaround to circumvent the social network's censorship.
Some background: Twitter announced Thursday "Starting today, we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a specific country — while keeping it available in the rest of the world."
While it seems they might put the blinders on some users - and some controversial topics - there could be some ways around it.
On their blog post, Twitter said an example of censoring a Tweet would be something neo-Nazi related, coming from Germany, where it's illegal. However - that might be just the tip of the censorship iceberg.
In any case, buried within their blog post was a link to a page with instructions about how to change your country setting.
So if Twitter thinks you're in Iran, possibly posting something the "authority" doesn't like there, perhaps you should tell Twitter where you really are. Maybe, in Mexico, perhaps?
From your Account Settings menu, users can click Change Country and select another country.
It will work for a short while, but Twitter may eventually determine your IP address is from within a banned country (or about a banned topic) before it blocks you again.
What do you think about Twitter moving to censor Tweets?
- Maurice Cacho, MSN TEch & Gadgets
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Posted by: Mike | Jan 28, 2012 8:12:50 AM
This is a question that needs to be asked?
It stinks! This is all about marketing. Twitter wants into the Chinese market and is willing to sell its soul to get there.
Posted by: tyler volk | Feb 4, 2012 1:35:47 PM
welcome to he new world order aka the 3rd reich dont stand for this people
Posted by: vincent | Feb 15, 2012 11:38:35 AM
Another censorship thing. The Internet's various sites have leveled up their censorship after the SOPA, PIPA stuff. sell my electronics