Anarchist blog banned by google!

riotact | 08.02.2008 17:49 | World

Political Censorship? Conspiracy? Cock Up?

the void blog has been banned by blogspot for allegedly not obeying the terms of service. no further information has been given as yet.

the void is an anarchist and satirical blog which twice been named one of the top 20 green blog and been featured on both Newsnight and Channel 4.

the void calls for solidarity from fellow bloggers, please help spread the word.

it could be you next ...

we can now be found at

http://johnnyvoid.wordpress.com/

and are in the process of updating as much of the archive as we can be arsed.

please update any links etc, sorry for the inconvenience

riotact

Additions

forgot to add

08.02.2008 19:32

"In the meantime we’ll just point out that we’ve recently been getting lots of hits from: pnn.police.uk (U.K.).

Did the old bill shut down the void?"

riotact

back

09.02.2008 09:55

ok, the void is back online and it looks like it was as a result of a cock up as mentioned in the original piece. the void had been picked up as a spamblog and then google relented when they realised it wasn't

as for a tos violation anyone attempting to access the blog yesterday would have received the message

“This blog is in violation of Blogger’s Terms of Service and is currently visible to authors only.”

perhaps we were a bit hasty, but we did acknowledge that it could be a cock up. it is also very easy for others to attempt to take blogs offline by reporting them as spam.

the fact is that google can and do remove blogs without warning, a quick look through the blogger help forums show some blogs have been offline for over two weeks without being given a reason why.

perhaps it's time for a platform controlled by us where blogs can be hosted without risk of censorship or cock up.

"Instead the 'ban' is highly likely to be everything to do with the spamming, trolling and otherwise bullying activities of this unpleasant and manipulative prat, who viciously attacks other bloggers"

as for this comment, well the original blog is at

http://johnnyvoid.blogspot.com

you'd better have a look for some evidence for that remark cos i can't find any

riotact

Comments

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spammer, troll crys wolf

09.02.2008 00:58

This is an abuse of the natural inclination of bloggers to support each other. Notice that there is no actual evidence given of censorship, except the fact that the blog has been cut by Blogger.com, which happens for a lot of reasons which have nothing to do with censorship. In this case we can be almost certain that the so called 'ban' is nothing to do with censoring this infantile blog, as there is nothing worth censoring on it. Instead the 'ban' is highly likely to be everything to do with the spamming, trolling and otherwise bullying activities of this unpleasant and manipulative prat, who viciously attacks other bloggers - and then has the cheek to demand their support against 'censorship'. This is the sad sound of a wolf howling for attention. It should be exposed because otherwise when a blogger really gets censored, no one will believe believe them. 'Anarchist' my arse. Avoid this devoid.

nolies

Alright

09.02.2008 08:55

Let's see the Terms of Service notification they served on you.

TOSer

wriggle wriggle little worm

09.02.2008 22:10

Just more double talk from devoid. It is true that there is little evidence of bullying, spamming and trolling on the site in question - because you do it on other people's sites and chat rooms, often hiding behind fake names. You have been exposed as a worm; so don't ever cry wolf again.

nolies

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09.02.2008 22:35

"Instead the 'ban' is highly likely to be everything to do with the spamming, trolling and otherwise bullying activities of this unpleasant and manipulative prat, who viciously attacks other bloggers - and then has the cheek to demand their support against 'censorship'."

"It is true that there is little evidence of bullying, spamming and trolling on the site in question"

whatever

riotact

Again

10.02.2008 09:43

So, the title of this post is innacurate/misleading.

At less find out what the facts are before posting.

If you were being TOSed for real they will send you an e-mail notification. A few hours/days downtime without any facts doesn' t equate to a "ban".

TOSer