June 18, 2014

"Twitter unblocks 'blasphemous' tweets in Pakistan."

But it retains other country-specific blocks:
• Restrictions in Germany against a neo-Nazi account
• A ban in France against a series of homophobic tweets
• Censorship in India of claims that a soft drinks company had distributed contaminated products

2 comments:

great Unknown said...

The third is not like the first two even by US standards: there is the potential issue of libel.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...

"So I see this fag named Pierre slurping down a can of that poisonous Rhani cola and I start shouting, "Heil Hitler"!"

Althouse blog, land of the free.

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