The microblogging service said Guy Adams, the Los Angeles correspondent for London-based daily The Independent, violated "Twitter Rules" by posting another user's private information such as "private email address, physical address, telephone number, or financial documents."
On Friday, Adams was among a number of Twitter users in the United States who criticized NBC Universal, a Comcast Corp subsidiary, for showing the London Olympics' opening ceremony on a tape delay to coincide with evening prime-time in the United States
"The man responsible for NBC pretending the Olympics haven't started yet is Gary Zenkel. Tell him what u think! Email: Gary.zenkel@nbcuni.com," Adams tweeted.
The Monday issue of The Independent carried an article by Adams that was broadly critical of NBC's Olympics coverage.
Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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