Thailand backs Twitter censorship policy

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Thailand backs Twitter censorship policy

Thai government becomes first to publicly endorse Twitter’s decision to permit country-specific censorship of contentThailand has become the first government to publicly endorse Twitter’s controversial decision to censor messages in certain countries. Twitter announced last week that it would permit country-specific censorship of content that could violate local laws, prompting debate worldwide over the freedom of speech.