Mediagazer: For Twitter, Free Speech Is a High-Wire Act (Shira Ovide/Wall Street Journal)

4:50 PM ET, August 5, 2013

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Shira Ovide / Wall Street Journal:

For Twitter, Free Speech Is a High-Wire Act — As Micro-Blogging Site Expands Globally, It Gets Flak From Many Sides — Twitter Inc.'s growing ambitions are making it harder to carry the Internet's free-speech banner. — Chief Executive Dick Costolo promotes Twitter as a protector …

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