Net freedom experts disagree on Twitter censorship

Experts were split Tuesday on whether Twitter’s new policy to allow country-specific censorship represents a fundamental failure to protect free speech, or is simply the price of doing business globally.

Experts were split Tuesday on whether Twitter’s new policy to allow country-specific censorship represents a fundamental failure to protect free speech, or is simply the price of doing business globally.Meg Roggensack, a senior adviser at Human Rights First, said Twitter effectively had sided with repressive governments rather than activists and citizens.
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