Either google has let me down or a current story in Danish Newspaper Politiken is based on false information. Today Politiken has a story about the Olympic organization in London which wants to ban use of brands during the Olympics. If a brand is not an Olympic sponsor the spectators are not allowed to tweet about these brands or post stuff on Facebook.
I was shocked to say the least when I read that story. It is both stupid and impossible to try and censor peoples use of brand names in their tweets – and not to mention unsanctioned by law.
So I set out to get the original quote from LOCG spokesperson quoted in Politiken. That proved impossible. the quote only exists in Politikken and nowhere else – accessible by Google
I got Robert Sharp who is also quoted in the article to comment(http://www.robertsharp.co.uk/2012/05/14/quoted-in-politiken/), and he doesn’t know who the LOCG spokesperson is either. He says that he commented on whether it is possible to censor Twitter and not on the quote itself.
The facts are:
In the purchase terms § 19.3.2 there is a text that says:
“The following is an illustrative list of prohibited and restricted behaviour within any Venue: fighting, public drunkenness, smoking, gambling, unauthorised money collection, any activity related to marketing or advertising (including, for the avoidance of doubt individual or group ambush marketing), activity or protest related to unions, political or religious subjects, sale of goods by unauthorised individuals or in unauthorised places (booths, mobile fast food restaurants, refreshment areas, etc), unauthorised Ticket sales, unauthorised transmissions and/or recording through mobile telephones or other instruments (video cameras, tape recorders, etc), entry of unauthorised journalists/reporters with taping or recording equipment and/or video cameras, flash photography, attempting to access restricted areas, requesting money or other goods without authorisation (for example, musicians or singers at the entrance or in the Venue, charity collectors, beggars), standing on Ticketed seats, interfering with the operation of a Session (including, for certain Sessions, the use of mobile telephones), disturbing other Ticket Holders’ enjoyment of a Session, disrupting the comfort or safety of other Ticket Holders and any other activity that LOCOG deems dangerous or inappropriate.â€
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That is hardly basis for a story like the one brought in Politiken. There is a previous story from January(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16426840) where volunteers are prohibited from tweeting about where they are and what is going on. So far I have not been able to find a source for this story.
This is an example of how one feather becomes five hens.