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CTO of the US responds to Marine Twitter Ban

Robert Scoble goes toe-to-toe with Aneesh Chopra over the impact on innovation. Last night at a Churchill Club event in Mountain View, Aneesh Chopra, the first Chief Technology Officer of the United States, and tech uberblogger Robert Scoble exchanged thoughts on the Marine’s recent Twitter ban as well as new tech companies Aardvark, Mint.com, and the Geeks in Government initiative.Scoble said the Twitter clamp-down “is sending a horrible message” that Twitter is too scary, and that declaring new technologies off-limits to the Marines might discourage innovation more generally. He contrasted the ban with the Washington State Transportation Department’s initiative to enable drivers to tweet the boarder crossing and receive a message back with the wait time.Chopra declined to prescribe any policies for the State Department, but said that the government's plan to ... [ Read more ]

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