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Twitter able to now selectively block tweets

Technology Jan. 27, 2012 - 11:00AM JST ( 7 )

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ElvensilvanJan. 27, 2012 - 11:51AM JST

Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but does this mean that Twitter now has an active filter that checks tweets, and determines if the tweet is OK to be published or not?

Sounds a lot like the FBI's social media monitoring tool.
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MaboDofuIsSpicyJan. 27, 2012 - 12:08PM JST

Not just the FBI's Elvensilvan, but Facebook too.
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m5c32Jan. 27, 2012 - 12:32PM JST

Sounds a lot like the FBI's social media monitoring tool.

No, this is not about connecting dots and finding actionable intelligence. It's a filter which allows them to comply with (anti-hate) laws of some countries. The publishing of the content is withheld from those countries such: https://dev.twitter.com/blog/new-withheld-content-fields-api-responses
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ElvensilvanJan. 27, 2012 - 12:53PM JST

No, this is not about connecting dots and finding actionable intelligence.

Yes, I am aware of the racial differences and issues for global platforms. My point is that this tool of twitter almost falls in the category that FBI is looking for, and with just a few minor tweaks, can be used in their actionable intelligence plans.
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m5c32Jan. 27, 2012 - 01:33PM JST

Yes, I am aware of the racial differences

?huh? racial?

Filtering is very basic. Finding connections in disparate and seemingly disconnected tweets/twitsters is vastly different. Hell, Twitter is still trying to find a way to monetize their service (salable commercial intelligence) --and they have some bright people, just as F8 does. Listen, I'm sure the FBI already gets the firehose and already do mounds of analysis --they're just looking to see if they can find people better at it in the private sector.
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LagunaJan. 27, 2012 - 01:35PM JST

Good first step. Now, if they'd just go ahead and block ALL tweets, they'd be where I am now: tweet free and lovin' it!
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Tom DeMickeJan. 27, 2012 - 05:39PM JST

Tweet-tweet!