Have you ever heard of censorship?
According to Dictionary.com, censor means, “An official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc., for the purpose of suppressing parts deemed objectionable on moral, political, military or othergrounds.”
And now the “etc.” has extended to Twitter.
A critic of NBC and it’s coverage of the Olympics has had his Twitter account suspended…with no update on when it might be reinstated. (more…)