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Twitter Apologizes for Suspending Journalist’s Account

The kerfluffle over British journalist Guy Adams’ Twitter account being suspended is continuing apace. For those who don’t remember, Adams is a Los Angeles based journalist who had his Twitter account suspended yesterday after posting the email address of an NBC executive in the midst of a series of mocking Tweets about NBC’s Olympic coverage. Twitter claimed that the act violated their usage policy, a claim that many technology experts disputed at the time.

Apparently, those experts were right. Adams got his account back today, and Twitter issued an apology. The text of that apology is below:

[W]e want to apologize for the part of this story that we did mess up. The team working closely with NBC around our Olympics partnership did proactively identify a Tweet that was in violation of the Twitter Rules and encouraged them to file a support ticket with our Trust and Safety team to report the violation, as has now been reported publicly. Our Trust and Safety team did not know that part of the story and acted on the report as they would any other.

As I stated earlier, we do not proactively report or remove content on behalf of other users no matter who they are. This behavior is not acceptable and undermines the trust our users have in us. We should not and cannot be in the business of proactively monitoring and flagging content, no matter who the user is — whether a business partner, celebrity or friend. As of earlier today, the account has been unsuspended, and we will actively work to ensure this does not happen again.

However, despite getting his account back, Adams is still on the warpath. He has accused Twitter of censoring his tweets because of a “commercial relationship” with NBC, an accusation which would seem to be bolstered by the initial piece of Twitter’s apology.

Watch Adams call out NBC below, via Mediaite:

Comments (15)

  • zoro51
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:54am

    stop being a PAWN to the marxist left in the with PERIOD. msnbc nbc are LEFTIS PROPAGANDA MACHINE.. BE AMERICAN freedom of speech PERIOD fact n truth… got that TWITTER

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  • Secret Squirrel
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 11:43am

    .
    Forget Guy Adams.
    Twitter should apologize for NOT suspending Spike Lee for Tweeting
    George Zimmerman’s home address when millions wanted him killed.
    Worse yet, it was the wrong address leading to death threats for another Zimmerman..
    Typical.

    Report Post » Secret Squirrel  
  • RaydocX
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 9:24am

    Can’t take credit for this, but saw a post recently:

    ‘if you are not paying for it, you aren’t the consumer, YOU are the product being consumed.’

    Report Post » RaydocX  
  • infidel_189
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 8:32am

    I apologize for Guy Adams — a twit twittering.

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  • SquidVetOhio
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 8:32am

    Still waiting on Twitter disable Spike Lee‘s account for tweeting George Zimmerman’s home address. (Albeit, the wrong one because Spike is a raving moron)

    Report Post » SquidVetOhio  
  • Deepdiver58
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 5:46am

    Does anyone believe Twitter is un-biased?

    Report Post » Deepdiver58  
  • DragonSoul
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 2:40am

    It may be time to move on from twitter and their abuse of power. If they kept it fair and level for all, it would be understandable. Yet pick and choice based on partnerships or PC bs then its a problem.

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  • Kenszen
    Posted on August 1, 2012 at 2:05am

    Why are the guys at Twit and LoseFace Book always censoring people’s accounts? I guess they get a thrill out of power over people.

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  • garbagecanlogic
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 10:33pm

    How come twitter is always apologizing about something. Are they a bunch of screw ups, or are they just real liberal like nbc?

    Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8

    The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
    The U.N. Out Of The U.S.

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  • kyrealtor
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 10:25pm

    Because of the inherent security risks of retweets, forged accounts, and cyber-stalkers, I do not recommend tweeting or messaging on twitter. Maybe follow some content not available elsewhere, otherwise twitter is the social media most likely to cause professional or personnal damage.

    Report Post » kyrealtor  
  • grayling646
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 9:52pm

    This story has been up almost an hour and only one, well two now, comments. Seems as though nobody cares.

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 10:23pm

      Twitter apologizes for getting caught ..

      CRUZ WINS!

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    • Skrewedretiree
      Posted on July 31, 2012 at 10:45pm

      Well, it’s not that nobody cares, it’s more like what the hell do these morons offer except another liberal talk site that has to be politically correct.

      Come to think of it, you’re right. Who cares?

      I hear all the time about tweet this and tweet that and Twitter this and Twitter that.

      Personally, I can’t see anything that I might have missed. I suppose there are those who just HAVE to be posted on the Web so they can feel they are alive, but if that’s all they have, then all I can say is GET A LIFE!

      Report Post » Skrewedretiree  
  • Gumbercules
    Posted on July 31, 2012 at 9:16pm

    Twitter will be the next MySpace. . .

    Report Post » Gumbercules  

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