As Twitchy reported yesterday, The Independent’s Guy Adams was suspended from Twitter over disparaging tweets aimed at NBC’s total fail of Olympics coverage. While it was reported yesterday that NBC initiated the complaint, new information seems to indicate that Twitter alerted NBC executives to the tweets and told them to file a complaint.
NBC says Twitter alerted them to Adams's tweets and told them how to file a complaint http://t.co/oeLS8rW7
— Kashmir Hill (@kashhill) July 31, 2012
Guy Adams has an article up at The Independent relaying the new information.
Plenty of people disagree that I broke said rules. And many have also pointed out that Twitter’s actions seem a bit rum… because the popular, but currently-not-very-lucrative site just so happens to be in a commercial relationship with NBC.
This evening, an ominous development: according to an NBC spokesman called Christopher McCloskey, it was the micro-blogging site – and not NBC – that was responsible for initiating the complaint that lead to my suspension in the first place.
I’d be fascinated to hear how Twitter explain or justify this.
Mr. Adams says he’d love to “get back on Twitter” and he has responded to Twitter’s trust and safety department (his email reply is reprinted in full in his article).
Other Twitter users would also like to hear Twitter explain or justify this action. And that doesn’t include more finger-pointing between NBC/Twitter partners.
Surely the only way for Twitter to keep its crediblility is to apologise to Guy Adams & unsuspend his account asap http://t.co/Lsh1OTrm
— Karolina Sutton (@KarolinaSutton) July 31, 2012
If Twitter gave NBC a "you might want to file a complaint" heads-up about @guyadams , the implications are NOT good. http://t.co/XVlu237I
— Swiss Army Nerd (@wesmorgan1) July 31, 2012
Spike Lee tweeted a street address for an elderly couple who then had to move, but he was not suspended from Twitter http://t.co/vtoXWr3T
— Poynter (@Poynter) July 31, 2012
https://twitter.com/iconmaster/status/230328907390406656
https://twitter.com/evanjanc/status/230352720484257792
https://twitter.com/dangillmor/status/230353616723144705
Others don’t find it so ominous. Well, they find snark in the ominous, at least.
The arc of Twitter criticism has moved from NBC to Twitter itself to Guy Adams himself. I vote that tomorrow, we all criticize ourselves.
— Kevin D. Grant (@kevindgrant) July 31, 2012
Read the tweets of the fellow kicked off twitter for ragging on NBC's Olympics coverage. Guy Adams is a jerk. NBC and Twitter owe him nada
— Don Surber (@donsurber) July 31, 2012
Twitchy will monitor the situation and update as developments occur.
Update: Guy Adams’ account has been reinstated.
Oh. My Twitter account appears to have been un-suspended. Did I miss much while I was away?
— Guy Adams (@guyadams) July 31, 2012
Twitter emails to tell me: "we have just received an update from the complainant retracting their original request…"
— Guy Adams (@guyadams) July 31, 2012
https://twitter.com/tkingdoll/status/230358220542201857
Update: No apology from NBC/Twitter team.
"… Therefore your account has been unsuspended." No further explanation given, or apology offered
— Guy Adams (@guyadams) July 31, 2012
Twitter's full email will be on The Indy's website shortly. Meanwhile I'll be discussing this jolly jape on CNN in about 30 mins
— Guy Adams (@guyadams) July 31, 2012
Update: Where is the coverage?
Is soclal media Olympics guy @RyanSeacrest covering NBCTwittergate yet? Or is that on 5 yr tape delay? ==> http://t.co/JUdkn332
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) July 31, 2012
Update: Twitter issues an “apology.”
.@guyadams Let me to add my personal apology for your suspension http://t.co/oPFXjEfe is a longer post about private info & our process.
— Alexander Macgillivray (@amac) July 31, 2012
So @amac How long was Spike Lee suspended for tweeting the Zimmerman address? Zero minutes? #HollowApology @michellemalkin @guyadams
— Nate Bronze 537 (@Crunchy_G) July 31, 2012
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