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Covering The Antifascist Struggle On Indymedia

Antifascist | 23.02.2006 19:05 | Anti-racism

Why are so many antifascist posts being hidden?

I think we all appreciate that being an Indymedia volunteer can be a busy job, what with all those posts and comments coming in. Things aren’t made easier with fascists (and others) trolling the site. But in recent weeks a number of obviously genuine antifascist posts have been ‘hidden’, though in at least a couple of cases the hidden articles are up as showing in the ‘View all posts’ section (always well worth a visit.) Removing misleading posts and threatening comments by fascist trolls is one thing (though this is often done inconsistently), but why remove antifascist articles, which are clearly genuine, and have sometimes been up for several days before being hidden from the newswire? The most recent examples are as follows:

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334126.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334290.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/334026.html

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2006/02/333921.html

If the fascists learn, as they are doing, that to get an antifascist article removed, they simply have to troll it (in one case pornographic photos were posted by a known fascist), then Indymedia is going to get trolled even more than ever, and antifascists will give up writing for Indymedia. What is needed is intelligent moderation, preferably done by people directly involved in the antifascist struggle who can spot a real post from a bogus one.

Antifascist

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23.02.2006 19:19

this will also be hidden soon its not news !
ask on the features list
quick reply
34026.html - 56 comments which are mostly spam
334290.html non news
334126.html 25 comments mostly spam
some hidden posts have 83, 54, 51, and one with over 150 comments
also it give a platform to these facists who shouldnt have one and if people want to talk in forums then they should fuck off to urban75 or somwhere
indy uk cannot disable the comments section fo any post ......yet

one of imc uk

i thought that too

23.02.2006 19:24

me and a mate of mine were talking about this about 10 days ago (i think) when it happened to an article then. wouldn't it be possible for someone to recheck the articles and re-post them or whatever? it is important after all.

jim

Reply to IMC volunteer

23.02.2006 19:33

Dear Indymedia volunteer,
Sorry, but I think that is a poor response. These ARE news items. You seem to be arguing that any antifascist coverage will give a platform to fascists, that's an astonishing argument. Why don't you run that past one of the IMC who have some experience in antifascism?
Best wishes
Antifascist