Twitter Restores Journalist’s Account But Remains at Ethical Crossroads

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Twitter Restores Journalist’s Account, But Remains at Ethical Crossroads

Twitter wrongly suspended the account of a journalist who had been critical of its media partner NBC. The account has since been reinstated, but Twitter still needs to decide whether it’s a technology company or a media company — a media company like NBC

via WIRED: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/07/twitter-restores-journalists-account-but-remains-at-ethical-crossroads/

But the account takedown itself isn’t even the biggest issue at play. The big question is, Who contacted NBC and why? Odds are this was not a top-level decision. It was probably the action of someone on the Olympics media team, looking out for a partner, and acting on his or her own. (Twitter has subsequently confirmed it was the Olympics media team that reported the tweet.)