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Twitter has brought down a hail of critical tweeting on its own head by suspending the account of a British newspaper's Los Angeles correspondent following his acerbic reporting of NBC's coverage of the Olympics.
The social media network hummed with the indignation of thousands of its users after the Twitter feed of Guy Adams of the Independent disappeared. The paper's deputy editor, Archie Bland, confirmed the suspension, calling it "heavy-handed".
NBC said it had complained to Twitter after Adams published the email address of one of its senior bosses. "We filed a complaint with Twitter because a user tweeted the personal information of one of our executives. According to Twitter, this is a violation of their privacy policy. Twitter alone levies discipline."
Rachael Horwitz, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco-based firm, confirmed that it does not "actively monitor" users' accounts, and added that it was company policy not to comment on individual users.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jul/30/twitter-suspends-guy-adams-account-nbc
marmar
(76,945 posts)[font size="4"].......you now have censors and systems of surveillance coercing your conformity and soliciting your submission.[/font]
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)...first they edit out a tribute to the London bombing victims because "it wasn't tailored to a US audience", they allow their aging hair-dyed troll Bob Costas to worship at the feet of the 'Saviour of Salt Lake' Mitt Rmoney when his fizzog showed on the screen, and took Dr. Rogge the head of the IOC to task for not memorializing the Munich massacres...
But sure, complain to Twitter when a British Journalist calls out your inept coverage by publishing a PUBLIC e-mail address...
Oh I also believe that Twitter and NBC do business with one another...but there's no conflict of interest or anything...
Smilo
(1,944 posts)network strikes again.
Is NBC trying to capture those low-information viewers from Fox?