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Indymedia censorship or software bug

Brian B | 18.08.2007 21:48

Is this censorship or a bug?

This is about an article on Iran here  https://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/08/378735.html 'A New Tactical Twist in the Coming War on Iran'.

I saw this article on the newswire. Now it is not showing either on the newswire or on the 'all posts' version which should show all articles including those hidden. However the article is still there. Is this covert censorship by someone at Indymedia or a software bug???

Brian B

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not censorship

18.08.2007 21:55

it's not censorship and it's not a bug, it's simply had uk unticked and will still appear in the relevant topic newswires.

imc

article 378735 shows without problems

18.08.2007 22:09

I just clicked on your link and there it was. It looks like it shows on many imc topic pages including the "world" page, but not on the UK newswire. Which boxes did you tick when you published it?

checker

Re:article 378735 shows without problems

19.08.2007 01:02

It wasn't me that published it. I just noticed it was in the newswire. Later on it was not...

So why was it changed so that UK was unticked when many internationally relevant articles are allowed to stay? ("it's simply had uk unticked").

Brian B

UK re-ticked

19.08.2007 09:56

The article is now back on the front page, Chris Floyd has had articles reposted here in the past (and on many other alternative news sites like  http://globalresearch.ca/ etc) and I fail to see any justification for his articles being 'vanished'.

For example:

Guardian at the Gates: Surging Toward War With Iran
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/371482.html

Fear Factor: Press Plays 9/11 Card to Justify Somalia Slaughter
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/05/369752.html

Bush's War On Somalia
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368063.html

Ulster on the Euphrates: The Anglo-American Dirty War in Iraq
 http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362514.html

His web sites:

 http://www.chris-floyd.com/
 http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/

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