CPJ Internet Channel: Can selective blocking pre-empt wider censorship?

Last
week, Twitter provoked a fierce debate online when it announced a new capability–and related
policy–to hide tweets on a country-specific basis. By building this feature
into its website’s basic code, Twitter said it hoped to offer a more tailored
response to legal demands to remove tweets globally. The company will inform
users if any tweet they see has been obscured, and provide a record of all
demands to remove content with the U.S.-based site chillingeffects.org.

from Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/internet/2012/02/twitter-google-selective-blocking-censorship.php

Iran detains, harasses relatives of BBC Persian service staff

New York, February 3, 2012–The Committee to Protect
Journalists condemns the detention and harassment in Iran of relatives of BBC
Persian service staff who work outside the country, which is part of a
sustained campaign to intimidate journalists into not reporting critically on
Tehran’s activities.

from Committee to Protect Journalists http://cpj.org/2012/02/iran-detains-harasses-relatives-of-bbc-persian-ser.php