[Archived] Censorship Clamp

[mhead]

With the Censorship Clamp now come down on both BRFCS and the Lancashire Evening Telegraph (sorry LT) do we now have to create new ways of communicating with each other re the perilous state of OUR football team.

Might I suggest:

- removing the letters J and A from the Latin Alphabet

- starting a new website called " 137 years and counting?"

- ordering a flock of carrier pigeons

- face masks to be worn when on't Internet

- moving the website to Syria where there is less censorship

and Lastly pleading to Jack Straw to help us to try and face up to this insidious destruction of OUR Club.

It is as if the only conspiracy going is to destroy our spirit,our hearts and OUR Club (always to be written in caps please)

[broadsword]

What censorship clamp?

[mhead]

Try to find the readers comments to the 2 LT articles on JA.

Try to put any item on the JA Interviews section of BRFCS.

[SharrockDownSouth]

Try to find the readers comments to the 2 LT articles on JA.

Try to put any item on the JA Interviews section of BRFCS.

Indeed, it looks like all the Rovers stories now have comments disabled!!

[broadsword]

Ah, OK.

Well, I would rather this site and the LT didn't get sued.

I think it will all come out in the wash anyway.

The LT will still be able to report stories just as it's always done. But other people's comments left on their website they'll have to be wary of. The same for this website. It's about protecting them and us from litigation.

If there's anything that can be substantiated, I don't think anyone will shy away from it.

[Seggie]

Disgusting if this is Going to be the way forward.

[Moppy]

Setting up a group on certain open forum sites such as reddit might be one way to discuss things. Or having closed forum groups - although i suspect that already happens between people ITK. Problem with these things is the bigger they get the easier they are to be found and cracked down upon.

[OJRovers]

Have certain threads where you have to have been a member on the forum for 5yrs+

[oreilly]

Unbelieveable:

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/9469087.NOTICE__Comments_suspended_on_Blackburn_Rovers_stories/

[jannerman]

How fast did Anderson's lawyers get a letter to the LET? Almost as if they had one ready to send or something like that??!

[JAL]

What would the damage to football be in this country if a fan or set of fans was to be taken to court by a football agency or something similar.

Do we accept Andersons right to stop our freedom of speech on what is.... just footballing matters ?

[jannerman]

What would the damage to football be in this country if a fan or set of fans was to be taken to court by a football agency or something similar.

I think censorship and the 'isims are getting out of hand in the UK, apparently it's now sexism against that female linesman/woman from the weekends game??

Problem with the internet as well, it's all recorded and out in the public domain, perfect fodder for litigation...

I need a lie down!

[Mercer]

I think JA is clearly rattled and on the run.

Doesn't take much imagination to wonder why !

[den]

Seems like Anderson's approach is "I'll say what I like about the fans, and I'll infer what I like, but I'll take you to court if you do the same"

[SAS]

Shocking, he is making things MUCH MUCH worse.

[OJRovers]

Ironically, I don't think this thread will last long!

[Ste B]

We've cracked down on it here because people are making allegations, and we have seen levels of what people would contend as abuse on here - Hence the pinned topic.

Since the interview this week, people have decided that they will post what they want regardless. IMHO we have to moderate these carefully ourselves, and our position is much the same as the LET's below

fair and even robust comments on this subject acknowledging the depth of feeling of supporters and their right to express their opinions as long as these comments are lawful and obey our house rules.

But we refuse to accept defamatory and unproven accusations of criminal or other wrongful activity which break the rules governing the comments facility. "

[andyrover]

i wonder if sky know about this story

[Ste B]

I should add that moving the comments / allegation elsewhere - free web forums / facebook / twitter that the posters themselves are responsible for the content that is posted. We only saw earlier this week somebody arrested for comments on twitter towards Collymore. You are not as anonymous on the internet as you may think

[trueblueroversiloveu]

THAT despicable creature must be a loon. Is he just trying to wind us the (never use that word again) up?

i wonder if sky know about this story

Emailed them already! get onto 'em you never know

[broadsword]

In the end, it's just not worth getting sued. Especially by arseholes who have so much more money than you.

[Drover]

As someone said above would any other news agencies take up this story as football fans being silenced? This obviously has wider implications than football

[barry_]

on the plus side it's nice to know that all kinds of people read the comments... villians liars agents ect ect

[Ste B]

As someone said above would any other news agencies take up this story as football fans being silenced? This obviously has wider implications than football

Theres a difference between posting some opinions on what he did to / for Rovers, and then silencing some of the abuse that he and his family HAVE had OR silencing completely false allegations.

Its important that people remember that they should only post what they can back up with fact, otherwise he clearly can use that to state his professional reputation has been adversely affected.

We as a site have to take the safe option here as we dont have large legal teams to fall back on. The LET obviously has to find another solution as well even though they probably have some legal advisors on retainers.

[trueblueroversiloveu]

As someone said above would any other news agencies take up this story as football fans being silenced? This obviously has wider implications than football

I've emailed sky sports u2us@skysports.com im emailing the dailys aswell. Anyone got 10 mins spare please do the same, this has far wider implications than football if this is the way forward, they may just pick up on it with the collymore article creating attention