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June 2, 2016 12:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/1NNTH2V283s/twitter-ignites-censorship-debate-after-removal-of-parody-putin-account
Twitter Ignites Censorship Debate After Removal Of Parody Putin Account
Twitter has suspended at least five popular anti-Kremlin Twitter accounts on its microblogging social network. The move has angered fans of the accounts and reignited the speculation on censorship on the platform. One such account parodied Russia President Vladimir Putin. The Next Web reports that some of the accounts have been brought back to function amid criticism from their respective fans. Parody accounts have resided in the gray area ever since the early days of Twitter. The social network's official ToS permits users to run a parody account of a celebrity provided they explicitly mention on their profile that it's a fake account. From the report: After their removal, social media users took two Twitter to voice their displeasure with the hashtag #NoGulagForDarthPutinKGB -- a reference to the repressive Soviet state -- and it's seemingly worked, as both accounts are back today. Of course, for how long, and why they were removed in the first place are questions that remain unanswered.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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