{Tech Info Online}

Here’s some news that could get all the tweeple up on their feet. The official Twitter blog shares new Terms of Service for the popular micro blogging site. The company now reveals some basic rules that go with using Twitter. The tweaks come after Twitter now claims to be more familiar with the way how the service is being used.

Reflecting the nature of Twitter, the revisions have been introduced to convey important issues like ownership. This includes insides into users’ tweets which Twitter reveals belong to the users.

A few highlights from the updated page include insights on advertising, ownership, APIs and Spam. On the advertising front, Twitter reveals that in the Terms, the options for advertising are open. As far as ownership of tweets are concerned, Twitter has the rights to ‘use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute’ the user tweets. However the tweets belong to users.

Many apps that have developed around the innovative Twitter platform seem to be flourishing and adding value to the ecosystem. With that in mind Twitter is working on novel guidelines for use of the API. Users can authorize Twitter to make content available through Twitter APIs. The new terms also outline abusive behavior and spam as per the rules the company has been functioning under.

According to Twitter these updates round out the spirit of the service. The terms should be revisited in case the company feels that they have left something out or even if the nature of the service undergoes a modification.

The company is in the process of sending an email about the revisions. Twitter further delves that it’s crucial for everyone who tweets, develops apps, or is simply interested in Twitter to comprehend about how the service is used.
Source:[techshout.com]