Posted on 03/21/2017 8:43:09 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had stepped up efforts to rid its social network of posts from users advocating political or religious violence, and was increasingly using software to find them rather than relying on reports from users or governments.
U.S. and European governments have been pressuring social media companies including Twitter, Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to fight harder against online radicalization, particularly by Islamist groups that advocate violent activity.
-legal requests from around the world directing it to remove content posted by verified journalists and news outlets.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
-Note at link, 77 of 88 legal requests in past 6 months to remove content came from the government of Turkey.
Erdogan the Islamist contends that anyone who is critical or insults (says anything negative) of his government is a terrorist and needs to be silenced and in jail.
Turkey Ping
>Government Legal Censorship requests
...unless they're identified as Muslim, in which case it's fine...
Please read the article. I could not find a way to post it in it without excerpting.
It is being censored on Twitter. It simply won’t allow you to send the message.
The issue is legitimate content censored by governments. The article explains it, but the title is rotten and hides the real meat of the article.
Does this mean fascist snowflakes always threatening to assassinate the President of the United States or do they get a pass because they are so retarded?
I have no need to consider Twitter as a communication tool.
Good find, reveals the hidden agenda.
Raqqa Ping
Extremely good news today. Cooperation with Kurd special forces and US Special Ops made helicopter raid on dam above Raqqa and captured it. Great teamwork is in place. My Kurd friends are very excited about this common success.
https://twitter.com/AzadiRojava/status/844580859520913408
Yesterday was a wild ride for me. So much happening. A long story later.
I get choked up thinking about the brave men(and women) who are in combat with ISIS in Raqqa.
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