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I, along with a few others have decided not to tweet at all today. For those of you that know me, you'll understand this is quite a task averaging 90 tweets per day. I read into the censorship laws that they are trying to bring in and thought I'd do this as I don't agree with what I've heard. Do you know anything more about this censorship or what they are trying to bring in? Be great to get some more info as to how this will affect us |
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I'm afraid I haven't heard about this censorship. Please enlighten. |
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Jai, do you really think that any of the governments are going to take any notice that some people didn't use Twitter for a day? Really? Something that is happening with social media is that people are getting lazy about campaigning. Retweeting rather than campaigning. Sharing rather than lobbying politicians or doing the things that really could bring about change. Governments don't know how to handle the internet, particularly since Web 2.0 and since the web stopped being a broadcast medium and became a place where the masses could interact freely, ignoring the normal boundaries of countries (and therefore laws). Web 2.0 meant that slander and libel became much more difficult to police (slap an injunction on a newspaper and within seconds the same piece of news is out there anyway. Specifically with the anti piracy laws - since the first MP3 file went online the entertainment industry have struggled to work out how to 'control' the web. Artists refusing to put their music on Spotify because it harms sales are missing the point entirely. You not tweeting for one day will make not one iota of difference to anything that may or may not happen. /end of very rare rant. Peace. |
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Ann-See - you'll find more information into the proposed US law here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act |
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Thanks Stef. Will have a read.
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Agree with Stef - Not doing something is not an option.
Politicians would rather we all just shut up and stay home and watch x factor. Be active, be positive. |
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Blackouts by Wikipedia and other massive sites - Had a great effect, and generated attension to SOPA. A bill which basically didnt get passed. Now Im sure the same agenda will be pushed again in the future and we all need to object when it happens, but a few people not tweeting for a day a week or so after global action and SOPA failing. Well not sure what you are even trying to acheive.. |
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I'm all for having a fight that you can win, but an unwinnable fight, ram that count me out. |
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Most evil in the world has sprung up by good men sitting on their arse doing nothing but being scared of the digits. Jai's little protest may not have achieved much but by not tweeting, but its increased awareness by at least 1 as knew nothing about it. |
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I disagree with the blackout entirely, from my perspective it seems that Twitter are trying to bring themselves within the laws of the land in which their site is operating. They've said that censorship isn't something that will happen widely and also that it will only be country specific, upon request per tweet from a Government agency. So realistically, as an example, I could tweet something illegal, maybe Ryan Giggs name during his injunction battle, the Govt could then contact Twitter and ask for it to be censored, IF (and it's a big if), Twitter then agreed with the request they will then hide it from that country, but not the rest of the world. So somewhere, that tweet will exist and is able to be seen by the world. If anything, I take my hat off to twitter for being transparent on their intentions as realistically, all social media websites are bound by the laws of the land and could receive such requests. Take a look at this link entitled "Twitters new censorship policy is actually good for activists" - really honest and interesting (sorry if it doesn't hyperlink, can't link it up when using an iPad on this forum): http://mashable.com/2012/01/27/twitter-censorship-activism/ |
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Agreed Stef. (can't quote with a hat whs as iPad :() |
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I, along with a few others have decided not to tweet at all today.
It was a great day, my twitter stream was nice and quiet |
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Quote: Quote: I, along with a few others have decided not to tweet at all today.
Hahaha fantastic |
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There seems to have been a successful campaign out there in cloud-land to confuse the issue! SOPA is about piracy of intellectual property. It is not about censorship. I believe the issues revolve around the power that SOPA would give to block/close down domains for the tiniest infingement and, hence, the scare that it could become a form of censorship. However, that is just semantics. SOPA will return and it will happen. It is only a question of the terms. Does it need to happen? What do the photographers, web designers etc think of their IP being properly protected by statute? |
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