Twitter is as Twitter Does...

Jan. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Twitter Inc., the  microblogging service, gave itself extra flexibility to censor information in  parts of the world that impose restrictions on  self-expression.

 www.bloomberg.com 
 
I have a head cold so I probably won’t  give justice to the anger I felt when I read this about Twitter. This means, I  surmise, that while people all over the world can read a tweet sent from a site  in Iran, the Iranian people who are meant to read it, won’t be able to. 
 
Censorship at its finest. 
 
*Heavy sigh* 
 
I discovered the Internet back in the 80s.  I used Prodigy to log on, dial up of course. The wait was worth it. You were  able to access information from all around the world. Talk to people on the  other side of the planet, and a community was formed of people with like-minds. 
 
Today, like then, I worried about the  women in countries where there wasn’t freedom. Women who have acid thrown in  their faces if they dare to go to school. Women who are forced to marry their  rapists and female children are used and abused. 
 
I had hoped that censorship would never  happen on the web. I dreamed that all people of all countries would be able to  converse and learn from each other and perhaps a bond would form, creating a
world without conflict, a new civilization where people agreed to disagree  without war. 

I was wrong. 
 
Today American citizens are held in Egypt  and can’t come home.  Iranian  citizens can’t see what the world thinks, much less their neighbor and  friends.  Our last bastion of  freedom, Google and Twitter, are now censored. 
 
I need a Hot Toddy. A little alcohol to go  with the cold.  
 
So, let’s talk Entangled, an awesome paranormal romance. I’m having the author on next week and we’ll interview her main character. You  can see her book here: www.crescentmoonpress.com. 
 
That’s enough from me now. I’m going back to bed and nurse this cold. 

Happy reading  everyone!