Clinton to Support Facebook Freedom, Fight Censorship

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed the U.S. will step up support for global Internet freedom, as citizens using social networking sites run by Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. organize demonstrations spreading across the Mideast and North Africa.

Clinton, in her second major speech against Internet restrictions, said recent protests show how technology can accelerate “political, social, and economic change” or “slow or extinguish that change,” referring to government efforts in Egypt, Iran, Syria and elsewhere to restrict online and mobile media.