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21-08-09, 09:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
Internet News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,747 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	Twitter blocking bad URLs The micro blogging site Twitter has begun to filter out bad URLs that have been posted on the system.The filtering takes place following the amount of issues with worms, spam and account hijacking on the site. However, the system may not pick up bad URLs posted using Twitter’s URL shortening service. Because the links are [...] More: Twitter blocking bad URLs

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