英國《獨立報》駐美國的一位記者因為在推特上指責美國NBC電視臺延遲轉播倫敦奧運會開幕式，并且向網友公布該電視臺一位高管的郵箱地址，而被推特暫封帳號。美國NBC電視臺沒有直播倫敦奧運會開幕式，而是將其延后幾小時，對實況進行剪輯并插入廣告和向2005年倫敦爆炸案遇難者致哀的內容后才播出。其延后轉播行為以及轉播中插播廣告的長度和不盡人意的解說引來了廣泛批評。這位英國記者號召他的4400名粉絲集體給NBC負責奧運轉播的高管寫信表達責難，還在自己微博上將這位高管稱為“專業白癡”。NBC因此向推特投訴，稱這位記者在網上公布其高管郵箱地址侵犯了用戶隱私權，隨后，這位記者的推特賬戶便被暫停使用。

A British journalist’s Twitter account has been suspended after he criticized an American network’s London 2012 Olympics coverage and disclosed the email address of one of its senior executives.

A British journalist’s Twitter account has been suspended after he criticized an American network’s London 2012 Olympics coverage and disclosed the email address of one of its senior executives.

Guy Adams, a foreign correspondent for The Independent, wrote several critical posts about NBC’s London Games coverage.

But the journalist, who moved to Los Angeles four years ago, then published the corporate email address of Gary Zenkel, the president of NBC Olympics.

He also called the network executive “moronic” and said he should be fired for the lamentable coverage and blunders.

NBC have come under fire for it decision during the opening ceremony to apparently refuse to show it live.

When the event was screened, hours later, large portions were edited out to allow more time for commercial breaks including a tribute to the July 7 bombing victims.

It has also been criticized for its factual errors, including placing Australia in Europe on a website profile, length of advertisements and poor quality commentating.

Mr Adams, 34, urged his nearly 4,400 followers to contact the man in charge of the network’s Games coverage after the series of blunders and criticisms from viewers.

"The man responsible for NBC pretending the Olympics haven't started yet is Gary Zenkel. Tell him what u think! Email.... )

He also called Jim Bell, the network’s executive producer of its Games coverage a “professional idiot”.

He had also written a negative piece about its coverage titled: “As America succeeds at the Games, back home all the talk is about #NBCfail.”

Officials from the network, who have sent more than 2,700 people to London to cover the Games, complained to Twitter about the post regarding Mr Zenkel's email address and on Monday, Mr Adams’s personal account was suspended.

It is understood he received the following message explaining the decision: “It is a violation of the Twitter rules to post the private and confidential information of others.”

But the decision to suspend his account provoked swift condemnation worldwide from Twitter users. At one stage NBC was one of the most talked about topics on the microblogging website.

Archie Bland, The Independent’s deputy editor, said that the actions were “heavy-handed”.

An NBC spokesman said: “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.”

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