The Future of Twitter

Twitter is forward free speech. The site is supposed to let people tweet whatever they want but government in other parts of the country want to be able to censor tweets when they are against the law. People in the society using Twitter have used it to organize in the protests like the Arab Spring Up rise and the Occupy Wall Street. There are people that don't agree with censoring the tweets because Twitter is supposed to be able to let people write what they want. Free speech activists are defending Twitter. They are doing what they can to support free speech and also be able to have the people continue using the site for communications. If the tweet violates other countries laws they people that are employed will risk arrest and prosecution.
This article connects with sociology because it is talking about the way that society reacts to things. Twitter might just be a social sight were you can post what you feel but it also affects other countries. Other countries have different laws and react to things different.



http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-twitter-censors-20120128,0,7728865,full.story

By: Elizabeth Cruz