Twitter Blocked in the UAE
By Curt on Aug 30, 2007 in UAE, Twitter, Blocked
Over the last several months, a number of bloggers in the United Arab Emirates have reported that Twitter has been blocked in their country. One just confirmed it is still blocked. Where else is Twitter blocked? What’s the fear, with a limit of 140 characters? I suspect it has to do with the quick dissemination of links and, more to the point, of plans. I suspect, though I don’t know, that the authorities see Twitter as a vehicle for quick organization, of say protests, but one which, unlike the cell phone, reaches a lot of people at once and creates an artifact of the event.
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