Twitter: The Hand on the Cage of Freedom
From Twitter Declares, “The Tweets Must Flow” – Yahoo! News.
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“Our position on freedom of expression carries with it
a mandate to protect our users’ right to speak freely
and preserve their ability to contest having their private
information revealed.”–Biz Stone, Founder, Twitter
Current political protests in Egypt much like those of 2009 in Iran may again catapult Twitter into the media and internet spotlight. This time the short messaging social network and its Founder Biz Stone called for support of “freedom of expression”as a human right in Stone’s blog post, “The Tweets Must Flow.”
- Learn more on Twitter
https://twitter.com/#!/twitter/freedom-of-expression - See tweets on Human Rights
- Visit the United Nations Human Rights website
- Read the U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Amid oppression in Egypt, Twitter’s founder stands up for freedom of expression (thenextweb.com)
- Twitter Speaks Up for Free Speech: “The Tweets Must Flow” (readwriteweb.com)
- Twitter Alludes To WikiLeaks And #Egypt In Call For Freedom Of Expression (techcrunch.com)