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The 'Twitter Olympics': arrests and censorship

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A malicious tweet directed at British diver Tom Daley sees its 17-year-old author arrested. Also, a British journalist has his Twitter account shut down because of criticism of NBC's coverage of the Olympics, and we take a look at a campaign to fill empty seats at the Games.

MEDIAWATCH
By James CREEDON
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