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No more Arab Springs: Twitter joins Facebook in regional blocking

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No more Arab Springs: Twitter joins Facebook in regional blocking

After Saudis invested 300 million dollars into Twitter, the social network agreed to block content for regional users. Earlier, Facebook adopted a similar censorship.

Their move blocked the hopes that social networks can revolutionize protest movements in dictatorships by allowing them to function without leaders or offices.

The White House, while spending on bombs and aid, neglected this major development which shields totalitarian countries of democratic protests.

http://samsonblinded.org/news/no-more-arab-springs-twitter-joins-facebook-in-regional-blocking-25260




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