That is not a problem. Both in Egypt and Lybia they shutdown the internet and telecommunications completely and still they managed to communicate and organize their protests while informing the world about what was happening. More importantly what west learned from this was that the there were suddenly only two voices, the message was concentrated, no more random rants from weed smokers, no more random normal life shown, but only two extremes, one pro-government/government and the other anti-government. Nothing in between. This functionality avoids this problem, while the opposition loses the ability to use twitter to coordinate and organize their protests/movements the others not yet involved can continue to portray ordinary random life and happenings, while government pr teams can continue to work unobstructed. This is a sinister function, and lessons are well learned by the worlds governments and they have found out a way to effectively disarm twitter while continue to look 'free'.

You don't get it. How many times have we seen examples of laws that are used in ways not intended. They create many laws that when combined together they suddenly can be used in a more sinister way than expected. Do not ever forget that those in power are those who interpret the laws to their own needs.