[Imc-india] Re: Hidden posts

[boud]

http://www.india.indymedia.org/display.php3?group=webcast&led=y&sort=&rate=none&filter=hidden

>From 2003-07-22 11:17:54 to 2003-08-28 18:21:18,
102 posts were hidden, i.e. about 17 posts on average
were hidden every day.

Someone with this sort of web access should surely be able
to participate in imc-india at lists.indymedia.org discussions
and the argument of poor internet access looks hard to 
believe.


On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, [iso-8859-1] Montgomery Cheddar wrote:

> I have had a look at the hidden posts for the last
> week. See following:
> 
> "Traitors of Bharat" by Saroj, 28 August, which
> appeared to be a repeat posting sent several times
> 
> "Bloody Hindutva Bastards will be Smashed", by Indian
> Patriot, 27 August, which was an anti-Hindu article
> (possibly by an agent provocateur) followed by
> anti-Muslim cartoons
> 
> "My Letter to the President of India", by Nafisa Ali,
> 27 August, which drew attention to government efforts
> to silence critics of the state-backed genocide in
> Gujarat (I couldn't see anything wrong with this
> article)
> 
> "Anti-Modi Demonstration in London", by Rahul Rao, 26
> August, which is the subject to dispute on this IMC
> group
> 
> "Nationalism and India's Muslims", by Tilak, 23
> August, an anti-Muslim, anti-Pakistan tirade
> 
> "The Foreign Hand", by Front Line, 23 August, a repeat
> posting
> 
> "What a Right-Wing Tamasha", by Megha Patel, 21
> August, a complaint about threats of rape and murder
> against human rights activists and Sonia Gandhi
> 
> "India Indymedia is Failing", by Jaigopal, 21 August,
> a complaint about right-wing propaganda and threats on
> Indymedia
> 
> So, it appears SOMEONE is editing the newswire on an
> almost daily basis, although their editorial
> objectives are unclear - some of these articles should
> not have been hidden, while many articles remaining on
> the newswire should have been deleted altogether as
> they incite racial hatred and communal violence,
> particularly violence against women.
> 
> Ganesh.
> 
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