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Sky News clamps down on Twitter use | Media | guardian.co.uk

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 2:19 PM EST
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First Twitter did an about-face on blocking tweets from certain countries. Now, Rupert Murdoch's Sky News has put the kibosh on re-tweeting at its international satellite news broadcasting system.

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From Murdoch's management email to Sky journos:

"Do not retweet information posted by other journalists or people on Twitter. Such information could be wrong and has not been through the Sky News editorial process." (from Guardian Unlimited)

What does it portend?

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