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I fail to see how this is similar unless you have proof that someone filed a complaint and Twitter failed to act on it.

dannyr 14y ago
So are you saying that even if Twitter knows about Spike Lee's violation (which they likely do), Twitter does not have to act unless somebody files a complaint?
- willurd 14y ago
  Don't worry everyone, I have just filed a complaint (above). I'm sure Twitter will suspend Spike Lee's account as soon as they receive it. /s In all seriousness, you all might want to fill their inboxes with similar complaints.
  - stfu 14y ago
    Do you have a blog or something like that? Don't know if this gets enough momentum just from within the comment section. If you wrote a post on that I am quite certain it would go to the front page.
    - willurd 14y ago
      I don't have a blog. Thanks for the support though. Anyone and everyone who does have a blog is more than welcome to take my idea and run with it. The post in question (http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=4318034 http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=4318034) is now licensed with the WTFPL (http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/ http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/).
  - res0nat0r 14y ago
    Unless George Zimmerman files the complaint himself, I think you getting Spike Lee suspended isn't going to happen.
    - willurd 14y ago
      Maybe not me, but there is strength in numbers. I think the most important thing is making it, at the very least, an uncomfortable situation for Twitter. These 'untouchable' entities need to know they can't continue to get away with stuff without a fight.
nollidge 14y ago
It's more complicated than that. FTFA: > He quoted an NBC spokesman as saying: "Our social media department was actually alerted to it by Twitter and then we filled out the form and submitted it." So yeah, a complaint was filed, but the alleged violation was initially identified by Twitter.
briandear 14y ago
I wonder if the NBC exec filed the complaint personally. After all, if it was his, 'private' information and email address, then what standing does the NBC intern have who filled the complaint have? Just a concerned citizen? Oh, but it wasn't a private email was it? I'm confused. A person tweets the corporate contact email of an executive and that's not ok? But Spike Lee tweets the personal address of someone he thought was Zimmerman's with the presumption that someone would act on that information and that's ok? Spike Lee potentially endangered a life (the people at address received death threats).. What's the worst that could have happened to an NBC exec-- he gets a strongly worded letter? Twitter should always come out in the side of presuming free speech unless that speech violates the law. Tweeting someone's email address does not meet that standard. And, the fun part is that NBC is a public company. Shareholders technically have a right to information regarding the executive team in the context of their role at the company. C'mon Twitter, don't be evil.
- incongruity 14y ago
  I find it somewhat odd to claim a business email address as "personal" contact information. If he puts it out on business cards with company logo on it, or if it's anywhere on the web, it certainly isn't "personal" and it is obviously meant as a means for contacting him about business related things. I just find this to be a cheap way of shifting the focus away from the public backlash about their crappy programming decisions. And Twitter has gone along with it. Sigh.
  - Vivtek 14y ago
    Twitter didn't just go along with it - according to NBC, Twitter suggested it.

So are you saying that even if Twitter knows about Spike Lee's violation (which they likely do), Twitter does not have to act unless somebody files a complaint?

willurd 14y ago
Don't worry everyone, I have just filed a complaint (above). I'm sure Twitter will suspend Spike Lee's account as soon as they receive it. /s In all seriousness, you all might want to fill their inboxes with similar complaints.
- stfu 14y ago
  Do you have a blog or something like that? Don't know if this gets enough momentum just from within the comment section. If you wrote a post on that I am quite certain it would go to the front page.
  - willurd 14y ago
    I don't have a blog. Thanks for the support though. Anyone and everyone who does have a blog is more than welcome to take my idea and run with it. The post in question (http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=4318034 http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=4318034) is now licensed with the WTFPL (http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/ http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/).
- res0nat0r 14y ago
  Unless George Zimmerman files the complaint himself, I think you getting Spike Lee suspended isn't going to happen.
  - willurd 14y ago
    Maybe not me, but there is strength in numbers. I think the most important thing is making it, at the very least, an uncomfortable situation for Twitter. These 'untouchable' entities need to know they can't continue to get away with stuff without a fight.

nollidge 14y ago

It's more complicated than that. FTFA: > He quoted an NBC spokesman as saying: "Our social media department was actually alerted to it by Twitter and then we filled out the form and submitted it." So yeah, a complaint was filed, but the alleged violation was initially identified by Twitter.

briandear 14y ago

I wonder if the NBC exec filed the complaint personally. After all, if it was his, 'private' information and email address, then what standing does the NBC intern have who filled the complaint have? Just a concerned citizen? Oh, but it wasn't a private email was it? I'm confused. A person tweets the corporate contact email of an executive and that's not ok? But Spike Lee tweets the personal address of someone he thought was Zimmerman's with the presumption that someone would act on that information and that's ok? Spike Lee potentially endangered a life (the people at address received death threats).. What's the worst that could have happened to an NBC exec-- he gets a strongly worded letter? Twitter should always come out in the side of presuming free speech unless that speech violates the law. Tweeting someone's email address does not meet that standard. And, the fun part is that NBC is a public company. Shareholders technically have a right to information regarding the executive team in the context of their role at the company. C'mon Twitter, don't be evil.

incongruity 14y ago
I find it somewhat odd to claim a business email address as "personal" contact information. If he puts it out on business cards with company logo on it, or if it's anywhere on the web, it certainly isn't "personal" and it is obviously meant as a means for contacting him about business related things. I just find this to be a cheap way of shifting the focus away from the public backlash about their crappy programming decisions. And Twitter has gone along with it. Sigh.
- Vivtek 14y ago
  Twitter didn't just go along with it - according to NBC, Twitter suggested it.