Twitter Defends Blocking FSF From Promoting Net Neutrality Tweet
Twitter defended its decision to block the Free State Foundation from promoting a net neutrality tweet. “Don't Regulate the Internet as a Public Utility! Public utility regulation would be harmful and counterproductive, suppressing investment and innovation,” the tweet said. Promotion…
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of the tweet was rejected because it was identified as political, a spokesperson wrote us Monday: “Twitter globally prohibits the promotion of political content defined as content that references a candidate, political party, elected or appointed government official, election, referendum, ballot measure, legislation, regulation, directive, or judicial outcome.” Free State Foundation said Twitter “claims to be for Net Neutrality -- but not when a view is expressed contrary to their views on Net Neutrality! Can you believe it was rejected?”