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Spooks Can’t Snoop: Twitter To Ban UK Government And Security Services From Accessing Public Data

21st Century Wire says…
Straight off the bat, this appears to be strategic ‘window dressing’ by Twitter. With fluctuating shares and an ever increasing trend of disgruntled users switching to alternative platforms such as Gab to avoid ‘shadow bans’ and preserve free speech, Twitter now adopts this perception management of ‘standing up to government and state intelligence’ to reassure users.

Why are US tech firms suddenly trying to restrict RT’s access to social media?

RT | January 20, 2017 On Wednesday RT found its access to Twitter’s official news discovery partner Dataminr stifled, and it was temporarily denied full use of Facebook. These events followed weeks of hysteria about the network in the US. First up, we need to explain what Dataminr is. It’s an American startup with exclusive […]