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Extra, Extra: Tweeters Furious Over Twitter's New Censorship Policy
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Ben Yakas
Published Jan 28, 2012
Modified Jan 28, 2012
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- And finally, Twitter made an ironic recruitment video—but nobody thinks their new global censorship policies are funny.
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