Twitter: The liberty of expression

Since it start in 2006, Twitter has become an important public diary and news reporter. Twitter is considered to be a micro-blogging, but it is much more than just a place where people update their current status, moods and affairs.

Twitter is a service that enables its users to post text messages on their profile that can be followed by other users (or so called tweets). The users can than itself follow other users with their updates.  If a user is connected with a certain amount of tweets than it can follow every update made by them in real time. This application can also be followed on your mobile which enables the user to update very quickly. Reporters around the world use twitter to be updated realtime with news events around the world. Twitter can also be used as a advertisement tool to promote events, products or services. The key to its success is its simplicity. The freedom to be connected to the world and to be updated has rushed organisations and companies to use twitter as a first contact for news delivery. The BBC and CNN uses their own twitter account independently from their reporters.