Lawmakers and the White House are praising Twitter's announcement that it will acknowledge do-not-track preferences, ClickZ reports. Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) called the company an "industry leader," and Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) said its "announcement proves that exercising respect for people's choices on how, when and where to have their information collected is something that responsible, competitive companies can do," adding, "I hope others will follow." White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Danny Weitzner said the move was "an important step" and is "part of a larger Obama administration strategy to encourage more consumer privacy protections on the Internet."
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