[IMC-Editorial] CNN bans Indymedia from chat room

[Sheri Herndon]

someone has already tried it and it wasn't banned for them.  earlier, 
i emailed someone at eff and they are also looking into it.

sheri


At 4:50 PM -0400 10/25/01, Chuck0 wrote:
>Can we get some third party verification of this? This could turn into a
>major story and embarassment for CNN. I suggest people trying the word
>before contacting CNN.
>
>Thanks Steve!
>
>Chuck0
>Infoshop.org
>
>Steve Glover wrote:
>>
>>  I was on CNN chat, discussing the various other news sources available for
>>  coverage of 9/11 and independent views of news and events.  During this, my
>>  chat client repeatedly reported "word not permitted".  After some
>>  investigating I discovered that the word "indymedia" was banned (or
>>  filtered) from CNN chat servers.
>>
>>  I pressed for an answer as to why this was banned, and did not get a
>>  response.  It may be something as simple (unwarranted still) as desiring to
>>  maintain site stickiness... or something more sinister.  But 'indymedia' as
>>  a keyword is rare enough that it can really only apply to one thing.  You.
>>
>>  Thought you might like to know,
>>
>>  Steve Glover
>>
>>  URL for CNN Chat:
>>  http://www.cnn.com/COMMUNITY/channel/cnn_newsroom/
>>
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