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October 18, 2012 12:26 pm GMT

Twitter Uses Country-Specific Blocking Powers For The First Time To Restrict Neo-Nazi Account In Germany

twitter-bird-calloutTwitter has used country-by-country blocking powers for the first time to restrict access to a neo-Nazi Twitter account in Germany at the request of local authorities. The move was spotted by the FT, which also flagged up two tweets from Twitter's general counsel, Alex Macgillivray confirming both the request to close the account and the fact that Twitter had acted on the request

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