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National Basketball Association (NBA) to apply the new rules in overseeing the use of social networking sites for his athletes. The new rules prohibit athletes access to Facebook and Twitter during a game.

NBA gave the memo to the 30 team basketball. The memo contains the rules about using Facebook and Twitter. These rules apply to players, referees and members of other games.

“During the game, the athletes and game operations personnel are prohibited to use mobile phones, PDAs, or other electronic communication devices and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter”, so this piece of content of the memo.

These rules apply 45 minutes before game time and apply after the press conference after the match.