Twitter: We Aren't Blocking #wikileaks, #cablegate from Trends
With the controversy over WikiLeaks dominating the news for the past couple of weeks, many people have questioned how hashtags like #wikileaks and #cablegate are not showing up on Twitter Trends. Twitter claims it has done nothing to block any WikiLeaks-related hashtags, with Carolyn Penner from Twitter’s public-relations department writing on the Twitter Blog:
Since Twitter first introduced the Trends feature in the summer of 2008, one frequently asked question has been “Why isn’t X trending?” This question has come up around a variety of subjects, from #justinbieber and #adamlambert to #flotilla, #iranelection, and #demo2010.
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