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After a long period of tolerance to malware links on the site Twitter has started filtering web addresses to known malicious destinations. The move was not announced yet by the company, instead it was noticed by security researchers on Monday.

The introduction of the filtering comes as Twitter has been heavily hit by worms, spam and account hijacking attacks over recent weeks.

Today Save the Children and other several organizations such as Civil Liberties Australia, the National Children`s and Youth Law Centre released a join statement opposing the proposed mandatory internet service provider (ISP) filter. The statement says the filter will not be effective in protecting children from online dangers. Besides, the organisations want the funds that would be spent implementing the scheme to be funnelled to child protection authorities and police to help prevent child abuse.