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Twitter to track users through widgets

Posted on: May 23, 2012, 5:46 am

Twitter has given details about tracking users across the internet, and options for people who don't want to be tracked,... 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 amid blasphemy fears

Posted on: May 21, 2012, 9:31 pm

Twitter closed after it refused to remove tweets promoting a page urging people to post images of prophet Muhammad Pakistan's rambunctious Twitter users have been briefly silenced after the government closed the site amid fears blasphemous pictures might be circulated. Muhammad Yaseen, chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, said the micro-blogging site had been shut down on Sunday ... read more ...

For Do-Not-Track Users, Tailored Twitter Won't Work - ClickZ

Posted on: May 23, 2012, 8:21 am

Twitter will now acknowledge when users have enabled Do Not Track on Firefox browsers - as well as other browsers that enable DNT. As the news of Twitter's DNT decision was announced today, the company introduced a refined personalization system for ... read more ...

Twitter Users Set A New Tweets-Per-Second Record During Champions League Final - Mediabistro.com

Posted on: May 23, 2012, 8:57 am

A new tweets-per-second (TPS) record was set on Twitter this weekend, as Chelsea triumphed dramatically over Bayern Munich during the Champions League Final. Twitter was all a-buzz on Saturday as the two football teams faced off for one of the most coveted ... read more ...

Twitter restored in Pakistan after block over Muhammad images - Wikinews

Posted on: May 23, 2012, 12:14 am

The Pakistani government has temporarily blocked social networking website Twitter in relation to posts on the site promoting a Facebook contest involving drawings of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The block was reportedly lifted after a few ... read more ...