I just got onto Twitter to post this article along with a tweet saying something like:
"Authorities will use terrorism as excuse to censor social media, but then actually they'll use it to censor ordinary Germans talking about New Year's Eve."
I WAS UNABLE TO TWEET IT!
Whenever I started typing "New Year's Eve" the character limit would turn red, even though I was within the limit.
Then I realized: my VPN was in Europe! They were already censoring my tweet!
I had to switch my VPN out of Europe, AND clear my cookies, before I was able to tweet about it.
This is no joke -- it was a really creepy feeling. And the White House is moving now to impose the same censorship in the USA?
It's torch-and-pitchfork time. We need P2P social media immediately.
"Authorities will use terrorism as excuse to censor social media, but then actually they'll use it to censor ordinary Germans talking about New Year's Eve."
I WAS UNABLE TO TWEET IT!
Whenever I started typing "New Year's Eve" the character limit would turn red, even though I was within the limit.
Then I realized: my VPN was in Europe! They were already censoring my tweet!
I had to switch my VPN out of Europe, AND clear my cookies, before I was able to tweet about it.
This is no joke -- it was a really creepy feeling. And the White House is moving now to impose the same censorship in the USA?
It's torch-and-pitchfork time. We need P2P social media immediately.