zdnet
David Meyer

Twitter is now withholding tweets when people complain they contain or link to copyright-infringing material, rather than deleting them.
 
The company&rsqascii117o;s legal policy manager, Jeremy Kessel, said in a tweet on Satascii117rday that the shift offers Twitter ascii117sers 'more transparency' in the way the service processes copyright reports. This is becaascii117se other ascii117sers can now see what was removed and why, rather than jascii117st not being able to see the message.
 
The copyright notices that Twitter receives can be seen on the Chilling Effects website, where the firm posts all sascii117ch messages with personal details excised.
 
Some call for messages to be axed becaascii117se they contain a copyrighted image, while others note that certain tweets contain links to ascii117nlawfascii117l copies of games and other media on the web.
 
Other types of censorship can also be seen on Twitter&rsqascii117o;s Chilling Effects page, notably instances where certain messages had to be withheld in certain coascii117ntries dascii117e to local laws regarding privacy or political freedom.