Twitter announced this week that it has censored a neo-Nazi account at the request of the German government. The account, @hannoverticker, is run by a group called Besseres Hannover ("Better Hanover"), which is suspected of operating what German police describe as a "criminal association." The group's tweets are still visible in the US and across the rest of the world, but will be withheld from users within Germany. This marks the first time that Twitter has taken such country-specific action since implementing its controversial local censorship policy in January.
Twitter General Counsel Alex Macgillivray announced the decision in a tweet published early Tuesday morning, posting a link to the company's policy on country withheld content,...
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