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clarifying that the Greek Olympic Committee, not the ICO, expelled Papachristou, but that the IOC has its own controversial twitter policy.
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|How many athletes will be unfairly expelled based on [[liberal]] [[censorship]] of their [[free speech]]?
 
|How many athletes will be unfairly expelled based on [[liberal]] [[censorship]] of their [[free speech]]?
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|One athlete -- Greek triple-jumper Voula Papachristou -- was expelled from the Olympics '''''before it officially opened''''' based on a one-sentence joke about immigration, even though she apologized. The joke in question was this from her Twitter: "With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting home food!!!". It should be noted that Papachristou has openly supported Greece's "Golden Dawn" party, an apparent Neo-Nazi organization with heavy ties to racist policy.
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|One athlete -- Greek triple-jumper Voula Papachristou -- was expelled from the Greek National team '''''before it officially opened''''' based on a one-sentence joke about immigration, even though she apologized. The joke in question was this from her Twitter: "With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting home food!!!". It should be noted that Papachristou has openly supported Greece's "Golden Dawn" party, an apparent Neo-Nazi organization with heavy ties to racist policy.
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In addition to the Greek Olympic Commitee's decision on Papachristou, the IOC's own twitter-use policy has been criticized for hindering free speech. The policy, which is claimed to protect the IOC's commercial rights, goes as far as to prevent athletes from "reporting on events". According to The Globe and Mail, even a tweet such as "Won our games against China, USA. Next up, the Brazilians", could get an athlete expelled from the Games without notice. However, in Papachristou's case, the discpline came from the Greek Olympic Committee, not from the IOC. As of yet, no athletes have been expelled by the IOC for this social media policy.  
 
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