Comments on: WordPress.com caves to censorship pressure again http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2010/02/22/wordpress-com-caves-to-censorship-pressure-again/ Watching. Pointing. Laughing. Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brett Schaefer http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/2010/02/22/wordpress-com-caves-to-censorship-pressure-again/comment-page-1/#comment-181177 Brett Schaefer Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:11:53 +0000 http://www.mediawatchwatch.org.uk/?p=2595#comment-181177 Interesting battle on the Wordpress fontline. Not sure whether censoring was merrited in this case. We have Freedom of Speech through the 1st Ammendment so for this reason the comments should be permitted... ...but If squables like this are going to be problematic for Wordpress then Wordpress management needs to setup clearly defined do's and don't's for those blogs that are hosted exclusively in their domain as opposed to a Wordpress blog hosted on a domain purchased by the website owner. The other point is that Freedom of Speech is exactly that...it's a freedom. It's a freedom that requires a little self imposed responsibility where individuals think before they share their thoughts with not just the indivual with whom there is a conflict but with all the other individuals who are not directly involved in the conflict. Brett <a href="http://www.atomicbloggingworld.com" rel="nofollow">Atomic Blogging World</a> Interesting battle on the WordPress fontline.

Not sure whether censoring was merrited in this case.
We have Freedom of Speech through the 1st Ammendment so for this reason the comments should be permitted…

…but

If squables like this are going to be problematic for WordPress then WordPress management needs to setup clearly defined do’s and don’t's for those blogs that are hosted exclusively in their domain as opposed to a WordPress blog hosted on a domain purchased by the website owner.

The other point is that Freedom of Speech is exactly that…it’s a freedom. It’s a freedom that requires a little self imposed responsibility where individuals think before they share their thoughts with not just the indivual with whom there is a conflict but with all the other individuals who are not directly involved in the conflict.

Brett
Atomic Blogging World

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