Twitter Will Censor Tweets in Some Countries

The Takeaway

Twitter has announced that they will censor communication in some  countries. This has sparked concern among users as the social media platform has become vital to pro-democracy movements around the world. How will this affect normal Twitter users? Which one of your tweets might be censored?  Mark Gregory, technology correspondent for our partner the BBC, tells us more.

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