Social networking site Twitter has announced that it now harnesses the technology to selectively delete and block tweets simply based on country.
On Twitter’s official blog, a post revealed the site could now “reactively withhold content from users in a specific country”.
However, the site also stated that certain content would then still be available across the rest of the globe.
This move is deemed especially important for countries such as China where Twitter is currently blocked.
Twitter, as a company, is currently looking to expand its business globally.
The social networking site has always been hailed for its celebration of ‘free speech’.
However, critics have argued that this move goes against its original values.
With more than 100 million active users as of September 2011, it remains to be seen how this censorship will affect Twitter’s popularity.
