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Controversy brews over Twitter harassment policy

A controversy surrounding Twitter’s terms of service erupted after popular blogger Ariel Waldman wrote that she had been harassed via Twitter for over a year and the company did nothing to stop it. According to Ars Technica, Twitter did remove some offending posts from the public timeline last year after Waldman complained. However, more recent tweets and the offending user’s account were not removed.

In a post to the official company blog co-founder Biz Stone responded saying that “Twitter is a communication utility, not a mediator of content.” Waldman contends that Twitter’s terms of service, which were borrowed from Flickr, place an obligation on the company to police what she feels is an online community. Twitter announce it is reviewing its terms.

On the legal front, internet lawyer John Dozier Jr. told Wired that “Twitter may have risked its immunity under the Communications Decency Act the moment it ‘edited’ or altered content on the site.” However, Denise Howell, also an internet lawyer, blogger, and podcaster, writes that Twitter has done nothing to forfeit its protection under the law.

Boycott of Twitter scheduled for tomorrow

Disgruntled Twitter users are planning a boycott of the service tomorrow, May 21st. According to one of the organizers, Andrew Dobrow (@anjrued), he and others have been frustrated with Twitter’s frequent outages. “As a result, a bunch of us Twitter power users were using FriendFeed to discuss a way to hit Twitter where it hurts in order to send a message to the powers that be.” Some like Jennifer Leggio (@mediaphyter) believe the boycott will be self-defeating. “We get what we pay for. Unless those boycotting have made significant financial contributions to the server upkeep of Twitter I really don’t want to hear it from them.” Do you think a boycott of Twitter is constructive or not?

Diablo Cody now on Twitter

Starting what might be a stampede of celebrities to join Twitter, Defamer reports that Academy-Award-winning Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody has started a Twitter account (@diablocody). At the moment she has 711 followers. If Hannah Montana or some American Idol started twittering, adoption would explode. If I’m not mistaken, Paris Hilton and other celebs were paid to use a Sidekick; maybe Twitter should consider the same strategy? What other famous people are on Twitter? Read the story.

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