Twitter Shuts Down Russian Parody Accounts, and the US Government Is Pissed
http://gizmodo.com/twitter-shuts-down-russian-parody-accounts-and-the-us-1779634465 Twitter parody accounts are the second worst thing on Earth. What's the worst thing? When Twitter shuts down parody accounts because they might offend public figures. That's what Twitter has been doing recently with accounts that poke fun at Russian politicians, such as @DarthPutinKGB. And the American government isn't happy about it. DarthPutinKGB, a ham-handed parody of Vladimir Putin, was suspended today along with other accounts ridiculing Russian leaders like Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. DarthPutinKGB tweeted things like "A soviet Russian counterterrorism operation kills 146% of the suspects" and "As it's International Women's Day, ladies that don't reject me won't be sent to the gulag," among other banal zingers. - - - In general, parody accounts should be completely acceptable, so long as confusion with official accounts is not an issue. --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com I have consulted to Google, but I am not currently doing so -- my opinions expressed here are mine alone. _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
