With the increasing controversy on filtering content that is posted onto social networks, Twitter seems to have a solution in hand. In a move to censor messages, the micro-blogging website has recently refined its technology to suit requirements. This refined solution will offer the company an option to censor messages country-by-country.
The announcement comes when the company is all set to expand its network into new territories. With support for Urdu, Ar
abic, Hebrew and Farsi, Twitter hopes to increase its user base to 100 million users and generate better revenue. In an official blog post, Twitter said that with the company’s global expansion,
“we will enter countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression. Some differ so much from our ideas that we will not be able to exist there. Others are similar but, for historical or cultural reasons, restrict certain types of content, such as France or Germany, which ban pro-Nazi content.”
According to social networking site, the new feature is designed keeping transparency in mind. Twitter also said that they
“will attempt to let the user know, and we will clearly mark when the content has been withheld.”
Although Twitter is yet to implement the feature, it has tied up with chillingeffects.org to share removal requests from Governments, individuals and companies.
We will have to wait and see if such a move can create a clean impression for Twitter in the minds of government bodies and other such organizations.
