[Imc-tech] Re: Obscene message on the website

[Brian Hagy]

folks from tech have been discussing this via email.  and we all agree the
post does violate at least our "off-topic" category, and possibly pushes
into libel.  in any case, the tone screams out to me that its only there
to anger people, rather than to present an actual viewpoint, and thus is
off-topic.

the post has been hidden, and can be viewed if you are actually willing to
go through the steps in order to track it down in the hidden posts
section.

thanks for raising your concerns with this, Nadia.  it's nice to know
we've got readers!!! :)

brian
one of them there techies, kinda



On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Nadja B wrote:

>
>
> Thank you Zach, for your response.  I hope that the tech group do respond
> by removing the message as it is racist, disgusting, wrong and causing
> mental distress.
>
> Thanks again for your follow-up.
>
> Nadia
>
> >From: "Zachary C. Miller"
> >To: Nadja B
> >CC: imc-tech at ucimc.org
> >Subject: Re: Obscene message on the website
> >Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 14:10:57 -0500 (CDT)
> >
> >Nadia, I do not have the authority to remove posts from the
> >newswire. A lot of junk gets posted to our newswire. Eventually it
> >floats down and off the front page as new posts are made. As a
> >completely open publishing system we can't decide to filter some posts
> >but not others without losing our openness.
> >
> >Here is a copy of our website use policy:
> >http://www.ucimc.org/website_policy.php3
> >
> >I believe a case could be made that this post is either a threat or is
> >off-topic, perhaps it is even libelous. Under these circumstances
> >perhaps the post could be hidden. I'm not an expert on this policy or
> >its interpretation. I am forwarding your request to our tech group and
> >hopefully someone from that group can explain whether or not this post
> >can be hidden.
> >
> > > Hi Zach,
> > > Someone or some people is/are posting obscene and sick messages
> > > on your website.  The most offensive one I refer to is entitled
> > > 'LARRY IS DEAD'.  I am 'Larry's sister and ENTREAT you to
> > > please remove the obscene message immediately as it is terribly and
> > > unfairly distressing, or if you are not the webmaster or person with
> > > the authority to remove the message, either please let me know who
> > > is, or kindly forward them my request so that it is actioned as soon
> > > as possible.
> > > Thank you.
> > > Nadia Bensouda
> >
> >
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