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I just got onto Twitter to post this article along with a tweet saying something like: "Authorities will use terrorism as excuse to censor social media, but th
by f3llowtraveler 11y ago
I just got onto Twitter to post this article along with a tweet saying something like:
"Authorities will use terrorism as excuse to censor social media, but then actually they'll use it to censor ordinary Germans talking about New Year's Eve."
I WAS UNABLE TO TWEET IT!
Whenever I started typing "New Year's Eve" the character limit would turn red, even though I was within the limit.
Then I realized: my VPN was in Europe! They were already censoring my tweet!
I had to switch my VPN out of Europe, AND clear my cookies, before I was able to tweet about it.
This is no joke -- it was a really creepy feeling. And the White House is moving now to impose the same censorship in the USA?
It's torch-and-pitchfork time. We need P2P social media immediately.