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Stop Censoring IndyMedia from Google News
Babylonian - 21.05.2003 02:51
Please endorse the 'Stop Censoring IndyMedia from Google News' Petition
censorship
Dear Google:
Recently you removed IndyMedia from your list of indexed news sites. We believe that this is an unfair decision, specifically in light of your own policies (stated in the Google news FAQ -  http://www.google.com/help/about_news_search.html), which profess that pages are not included or excluded based on political ideology.
IndyMedia is arguably one of the most popular sources of alternative news on the Internet. Just as there are dozens and perhaps even hundreds of individuals asking for its removal, there are thousands more upset that this form of censorship has occurred. Indeed, the individuals requesting IndyMedia's removal had a specific agenda, one in which voices of opposition are unimportant, and should be silenced. It is our belief that all sides should have their opinions heard, and that sources such as IndyMedia provide
necessary balance.
We humbly ask you to reconsider your decision, and once again include Indymedia in your list of indexed sites. Variation in perspective, sources, and editorial approach are what makes Google news a useful resource.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
 Website: http://www.PetitionOnline.com/IMCgoogl/petition.html
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| Read more about: media | | supplements | | | Searched news for indymedia. (BETA) | LinkMichel - 21.05.2003 06:56
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Website: http://news.google.com/news?q=indymedia&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&edition=&scoring=d
| | Ook tegenstanders indymedia tekenen lijst | sane - 21.05.2003 12:26
Toen ik mijn petitie geschreven had en naar de andere reakties keek zag ik tot mijn verontrusting dat de hetze tegen indymedia groffe vormen aan begint te nemen. Sommige grappenmakers trekken een directe link met nazi's en terroristen. Dit is niet best.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?IMCgoogl&251
| | weghalen misschien | tamar - 21.05.2003 16:55
Zou dit nu echt weghalen. als hey niet je bedoeling is om hiermee geassocieerd wil worden. Jammer dat de fasco's dit weer misbruiken
| | more to this than censorship | john - 21.05.2003 17:47
there actually are some more complicated issues
in the relationship between indymedia and news.google. specifically, if an imc implements a non-open publishing page(i.e. nothing appears without some process of review), and makes google aware of this page(it doesn't have to be public, just accessible to google, i.e. an rdf/rss file is probably fine), then that imc can get crawled/scraped by news.google. this is for example why the sf-imc is listed in google.
have a look here for details:
http://www.anarchogeek.com/archives/000104.html#000104
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