Is Ashton Kutcher right to block journalists from his Twitter feed?

Ashton Kutcher arrives to attend the Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012. (Andre Penner/Associated Press)

Actor Ashton Kutcher has blocked several journalists from his Twitter feed - and it doesn't look like a simple prank for his TV show Punk'd.

Radar Online reports that David Perel (@IMPerel), Radar's executive vice-president, and Dylan Howard (@dylanshoward), a senior editor of Star Magazine, were blocked from Kutcher's feed. As a result the two can no longer view his tweets from their account.

Just found out @aplusk has blocked @IMPerel and I from following him on Twitter. Now waiting for Kutcher state-run showbiz news service.

-- Dylan Howard (@dylanshoward) January 30, 2012

Sure @aplusk has banned @dylanshoward and me from following him, but we always had a lot more fun with Charlie anyway! #winning

-- David Perel (@IMPerel) January 30, 2012

Other Star Magazine and Daily Radar reporters claim to have been blocked by Kutcher as well.

@dylanshoward @IMPerel Boys, please add @JessikaWalsten to your group of those axed by @aplusk !

-- Amber Goodhand (@AmberGoodhand) January 31, 2012

@AmberGoodhand @dylanshoward @imperel @jessikawalsten @aplusk he axed me also!

-- jen hutton heger (@jenheger) January 31, 2012

Kutcher also changed his profile picture to a black box.

Radar Online has been reporting extensively on Kutcher's divorce from actor Demi Moore, including allegations that he slept with a 23-year-old woman on their sixth wedding anniversary.

Anyone can block his or her tweets from appearing in another person's personal feed.

But unless a person makes his or her Twitter feed private, anyone can view them by simply visiting their homepage - which, in the case of Kutcher, is https://twitter.com/#!/aplusk. Since his feed is public, anyone can view them, even Howard and Perel.

Is Ashton Kutcher right to block journalists from his Twitter feed? Share your thoughts in the comments section below - or via Twitter, @cbccommunity.


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