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Re:Twitter account suspension prompts user backlash by ceol on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @01:12PM (#4318397)
Tim Cook's email being posted around the 'net has nothing to do with this, and bringing it up only shows your lack of an argument.

Someone posted a private email address on Twitter. The owner of that email address filed a complaint, and the Twitter account was removed. Any other day, Twitter would be the Good Guy, but the Internet has a hard-on for hating NBC due to their Olympic coverage, so now all of the sudden it's cool?

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Re:Twitter account suspension prompts user backlash by stfu on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @01:48PM (#4318646)
bringing it up only shows your lack of an argument

Can you please elaborate on this? Both are high level executives, who's contact information has been available on the web.

Twitter proactively contacted NBC. I bet Cook would also like to get informed by Twitter each time his email turns up and asked to give his approval if the account of the user should get terminated.

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Re:Twitter account suspension prompts user backlash by ceol on Tuesday July 31, 2012 @01:56PM (#4318688)
> Both are high level executives, who's contact information has been available on the web.

Tim Cook has nothing to do with this instance, though. This executive didn't want his email address being passed around. Tim Cook might, he might not, who cares? Just because one person allows his info to be posted online doesn't mean everyone else has to deal with theirs getting out there.

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