alexalex Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Not long ago Twitter said it would begin deleting users' tweets in countries that require it, and now the government of Brazil has filed a lawsuit against Twitter, demanding the micro-blogging site suspend the accounts of users who tip drivers off to police roadblocks and radar traps. The suit, filed Monday in a federal court in Goias by the attorney general's office, also targets users who blow the cover of police lying in wait. The government is seeking fines of 500,000 reais ($290,000) for each day that Twitter or traffic whistle-blowers fail to comply. "It looks like Twitter built it, and they came," said Eva Galperin, an activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which defends free speech and privacy online.... http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/07/tech/brazil-twitter-suit/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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