How Twitter ruined breaking news
The micro-blogging site's rapid pace heightens competition to get scoops, says Dave Weigel at Slate, leading to worrisome credibility and attribution issues
From Slate | July 11, 2012
Twitter will begin censoring tweets in countries where controversial 140-character missives violate local laws.
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