Blogging code of conduct in the works

Posted by Lindsay Berrigan on April 11, 2007 at 4:38 PM
Though this development doesn’t relate directly to newspapers, it could be of interest now that many newspaper journalists are blogging, and since online ethics is a much-debated topic. Internet pioneer Tim O’Reilly (founder of O’Reilly Media) has drafted a code of conduct for bloggers, suggesting among other things that bloggers who use crude language warn readers.


The code comes as a result of published threats and harassment to popular US blogger Kathy Sierra. True to the blogging community spirit, bloggers from around the world will now read and revise the drafted code.

The draft says that anonymous comments should not be allowed, and that uncensored blogs should post a logo to warn readers as follows:

"We are not responsible for the comments of any poster, and when discussions get heated, crude language, insults and other ‘off color’ comments may be encountered. Participate in this site at your own risk."

The draft also calls on bloggers to not only refrain from posting “unacceptable” (abusive or threatening) content, but to delete comments that contain it.

Jeff Jarvis of BuzzMachine sees the code as unnecessary and even antithetical to the blogosphere. "This effort misses the point of the internet, blogs, and even of civilized behavior,” he wrote. “They treat the blogosphere as if it were a school library where someone... can maintain order and control. I don't need anyone lecturing me and telling me not to be disagreeable.”

Source: BBC News


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2007 04:10
Re: Tim O'Reilly proposes "Blogger Code of Conduct" WarRites
by Someone on 2007-04-12 05:00:19

Link http_//_radar_oreilly_com/archives/2007/04/draft_bloggers_1_html- Entailment -:=

www_mathematics_mil [04_12_07 01:43 AM]

"Blogging Code of Conduct" equals "Jew or not Jew"
[It's all disgusting jewish-zionistic propaganda.]
Examples:
www_mathematics_mil Apr 11th, 2007 - 22:23:17

'Zooming in on Darfur: Google teams up with _Holocaust Museum_'(4/11/2007):
Reference _Holocaust Museums_: 'Usama bin Laden Says Israeli Regime is Behind the 9-11 Attacks KABUL, Afghanistan (Ummat): Prominent Arab mojahed (freedom fighter) Usama bin Laden or the Al-Qaida group has nothing to do with the 11 September attacks on the Bush Administration, according to an Usama bin Laden interview with Ummat, the Karachi-based Pakistani daily newspaper. In his interview, Usama bin Laden pointed out that the Israeli regime is behind the 9-11 attacks'[Bin Laden: AUTHENTIC INTERVIEW by Carol A. Valentine
Curator, Waco Holocaust Electronic Museum, October, 2001 ].

Piper Apr 11th, 2007 - 23:43:33

This is not an apolitical move. Darfur is located on top of some large oil reserves that a Chinese oil company currently has dibs on. Sudan geography alone makes it an important strategic point. (it's connection to the read sea, important rivers, relation to Mideast and Africa etc.) The US government wants the ability to create a pretense to get its hands in Darfur, just as it did in Iraq. The demonstration against the genocide last year included speakers from congress and the state department. The amount of people killed is really quite smaller than those killed in Iraq. (about 200,000 vs. 655,000-900,000 deaths) Genocide has only been an issue for our government when money and power are at stake. The Sudanese government is supporting the massacres in order to push rebels and the communities that support them off the oil rich land. Given our government's record, there's no reason to think this would stop if they stepped in to get the oil themselves. Most likely the violence would increase because the political pressure to stop the killing would disapear. That a holocaust museum is involved isn't suprising. Most holocaust institutions (not to mention Jewish institutions) have been taken over by a leadership that actively collaborates with American imperialism. Instead of drawing real lessons from the holocaust that could prevent another one (such as the need for a working class movement, the threat a collapsing capitalist system poses, and the need Jews have to align ourselves with workers and oppressed nationalities (including and especially Palestinians) in order to build a new world etc.) Holocaust rememberance has been primarily used to bolster the image of American imperialism and shield it's junior parters in the Israeli government from attack. (Just one instance: The entire justification for war in Iraq was basically: Saddam=Hitler) This Darfur propaganda is only the latest installment.

U.K.'s National Union of Journalists (NUJ) recommends to end all business and trade
deals with jews&jewish statehood!

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