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Twitter Tweaks Privacy Policy, Adds Custom Digests

Posted on: May 21, 2012, 5:45 am

In an e-mail Sunday, Twitter is alerting its members to changes to its policies on privacy and service usage, including support for Do Not Track, as well as informing them about a new weekly digest of interesting news and items from their feeds. read more ...

Pakistan restores access to Twitter

Posted on: May 20, 2012, 10:30 pm

Pakistan restored access to Twitter after briefly blocking the microblog over "blasphemous" posts about a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. read more ...

Twitter agrees to adopt Do-Not-Track privacy option

Posted on: May 17, 2012, 6:38 pm

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter will honour requests from users who do not want their online behaviour tracked, the company said on Thursday, in contrast with Web companies such Google Inc and Facebook Inc whose business models rely heavily on collecting user data. Twitter said it will officially support "Do Not Track," a standardized privacy initiative that has been heavily promoted by the U ... read more ...

Pakistan blocks Twitter claiming ‘blasphemy’ - Computer Business Review

Posted on: May 21, 2012, 8:38 am

Pakistan authorities blocked the site after government fears of blasphemous content being circulated on social media sites. According to a report by Associated Press, the micro-blogging site was blocked in Pakistan on Sunday after Twitter refused to remove ... read more ...

Study: Twitter users more narcissistic than Facebook users - WTOP

Posted on: May 21, 2012, 5:39 am

WASHINGTON - A new study offers solace for Facebook users concerned their constant status updating and photo posting suggests self-absorption. It's the Twitter users that are narcissistic, according to University of Hartford researchers. Previous studies ... read more ...

Twitter restored in Pakistan after dispute - United Press International

Posted on: May 21, 2012, 6:58 am

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 21 (UPI) -- Pakistan has restored access to Twitter after blocking the Web site for posting links to images of the prophet Muhammad, officials said. The plug was pulled on the social networking site Sunday morning ... read more ...