Thank Twitter For Standing Up For User Rights
from the they-earned-it dept
We recently wrote about Twitter's decision to stand up for a user in court, fighting against a court ruling that said that a user has no proprietary interest in their own tweets and info, such that those users cannot contest a government attempt to subpoena information from Twitter. This is not the first time that Twitter has aggressively stood up for its users' rights against government excess -- in a world where that's quite rare. When the government comes calling, most companies roll right over. In response to this, the folks over at Fight for the Future have put together a petition page, asking people to sign up to thank Twitter. If they get 50,000 people to sign, they'll present Twitter with a medal for defending the internet (these medals are awesome).Given that internet petitions are often done in protest of something or against something, I really like this idea of effectively getting people to sign on for something positive and celebrate a company that does its best to protect the interests of its users. If you agree, head on over and sign up to thank Twitter.
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You don't need a US zipcode, I just signed with my non-US zip code. For clarification I added my country to the address line.
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Personally, I think its worth it to encourage those companies who have the guts to kick the bullies in the shins.
I live in China so I just picked a random zip code in google.
It worked!
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Thats what I always use when I need to enter one too..
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Thanks!
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Also, unfortunately this is not very un-Internet, but it should be.
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I did it...
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I didn't use a zip code :/
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So why do they need all this info?
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Not for me (censorship in France)
in France, we had many twitter account, not all of them were parodic one, (they were politely critical of the government behavior) that where destroyed without breaking any rules and, of course, without any explanation or possibility to get them back.
so, that other story is nice, yes, but only enough for me to applaud with one hand, which makes not much noise ;)
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Actually, what's perhaps more sad is the fact that we're now reduced to handing out awards to private companies simply for standing up and protecting our right to privacy from the government whose job it is, supposedly, to UPHOLD AND PROTECT OUR RIGHTS.
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I put a lot more faith in the ACLU and EFF and their ilk than I do in either large companies or government these days. I simply don't trust any group of people making lots of money who can hide behind a faceless bureaucratic mask. It breeds disregard for other human beings.
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Tip for the future.. Twitter is not US only, the rest of the world uses it too, and may wish to thank twitter as well.
Otherwise, good idea.
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This was an oversight on my part (I'm the developer over at FFTF). The form is updated now to happily take non-US zip codes as well as no zip code at all.
Sorry about that!
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Fail
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let me guess? privacy?? since when is something said to the public in a public format, that you have rights not to have those used against you??
your on the wrong soapbox again
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because we already know they'll sell you out in a second.
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this guy says thanks to twitter.
thanks twitter you rock.
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The only *real* bit of info you need to enter is your email address as it does make you confirm it via an email that is sent to you.
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How pathetically naive and stupid
The only reason Twitter did this is that it's good for Twitter. That's it. The fact that it accidentally works out in favor of users is just that: an accident.
And yet you clowns want to give them a medal for it?
Please. Go home. You're far too naive and stupid to be playing this game.
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Broken link?
http://a.fightforthefuture.org/sign/thank_you_twitter
But when I click on it I'm getting host not found?
-Jeremy
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Then why they blocked @opindia_revenge
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