U.S. Government Tries To Ban Terror Groups From Twitter

U.S. To Twitter: Stop Sleeping With The Enemy -- Daniel Freedman, Forbes

The love affair between Twitter and the U.S. government is in danger of crashing as spectacularly as a celebrity relationship: with tears, disavowals, a chorus of “I told you so”s, and, of course, lawsuits. Like the Demi Moore – Ashton Kutcher (both popular Twitterati) breakup, the reason is alleged infidelity. In Twitter’s case it’s worse than a claimed hot tub fling, however. The online micro-blogging tool is accused of consorting with U.S. enemies: terrorist groups.

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My Comment: While Twitter has helped in promoting movements like the Arab spring, Twitter has also become one of the tools that terror organizations like al-Shabab now use in their communications and spreading of propaganda. But will Twitter comply with the U.S. governments request to ban certain groups .... in my opinion they should.