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Google May Offer Services In Cuba, Iran, Sudan

10 Mar 2010

It looks like Google may be ready to wade into another controversial censorship vs. availability of services situation. A high-ranking corporate representative has welcomed the U.S. Treasury’s decision to allow the exportation of online communications tools to Cuba, Iran, and Sudan. According to Frank Jordans, Bob Boorstin, Director of Corporate and Policy Communications at Google, [...]

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Tags: boorstin, corporate representative, exportation, free speech issues, google, jordans, search company, sidelines, u s treasury

Twitter + Airport + Bomb Joke = Go Directly to Jail

In: web resources

19 Jan 2010

You know that old adage about not saying “bomb” on an airplane? It turns out that it extends to Twitter as well. The Telegraph reports that a South Yorkshire man was arrested last week after joking on Twitter that he would blow an airport “sky high” if his flight was delayed. When the Robin Hood [...]

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Tags: bomb, bomb hoax, free speech issues, Mr Chambers, Paul Chambers, Police, Robin Hood airport, south Yorkshire, speech, Telegraph, twitter, yorkshire man

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