Why Twitter’s new policy is helpful to free-speech advocates. I know many people are upset with Twitter’s announcement that it will now be able to block tweets country by country.
There has been a lot of excellent writing / reporting on the content explaining that this is not as bad as it looks. (Check out good posts by my friend Jillian York here or Alex Howard here). My initial reaction upon a cursory reading of the announcement was also that it wasn’t too bad, given the alternatives. However I’ve since looked at the policy in more detail and my conclusion is that this isn’t a mediocre but acceptable policy; rather, this is an excellent policy which will be helpful to free-speech advocates. I often criticize companies on this blog so I want to take a moment to recognize Twitter for a model policy and explain why these should be the kind of practices that I hope other Internet companies follow.
In my opinion, with this policy, Twitter is fighting to protect free speech on Twitter as best it possibly can. Let’s look at the policy. Brooklyn mother Dalisha Adams posted Facebook picture of 'naked man' hours after dumping her kids. Image of man holding pink champagne bottle uploaded to mother's Facebook page as police were looking for herDalisha Adams, 26, arrested four hours later and charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a minorMother allegedly heard shouting at kids: 'I’ll punch you in the f***ing face'Also heard shouting 'I'm gonna get you out of here' hours before they were abandoned By Rachel Quigley Updated: 15:47 GMT, 31 January 2012 The Facebook page of a mother who abandoned her two daughters in Brooklyn was updated with a photograph of a seemingly naked man holding a bottle of champagne hours after the children were dumped.
Police were looking for Dalisha Adams around Canarsie, Brooklyn, at around 6.15pm on Sunday when the image of the pink champagne was uploaded. Dominae, five, and three-year-old Diani were found shaken and confused in front of Bay View Houses - around a mile-and-a-half from their home in Breukelen Houses. Scroll down for video 'A kid was crying. I just got fired THROUGH Facebook « Sussex County Angel. Yes, you read that correctly, I just got fired through Facebook.
Not because of something I said on Facebook (as has happened) but through a Facebook message. I can understand wanting to “take your programming in a different direction”, but is there a reason why employees no longer deserve a even a phone call when you cut off their income with no warning? Talk radio is a competitive field (as I have also learned through Facebook)… but I would expect some kind of professional behavior when actually terminating someone’s employment as opposed to simply changing their schedule around.
Why am I publishing this? I have worked for WGMD for almost a year without missing a single scheduled day. So, to sum up, as far as I know, I did nothing wrong. Understand, I am upset over being fired, but that is not why I am being so vocal about this. If you’re a business owner, please do not fire your employees through Facebook. Isn’t it nice to get fired efficiently? Like this: Like Loading... Should kids be allowed on Facebook?