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Seth Finkelstein [PersonRank 10]

Wednesday, June 14, 2006
18 years ago3,892 views

It's hard to imagine what could draw the ire of someone in the German government NOW.

There's been Holocaust-deniers and bona-fide Nazi running around Usenet for more than a decade.

Seth Finkelstein [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

FOUND IT! – at the thread level.

A German Usenet reader should be able to narrow it to the specific posts.

http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/001026.html

Corsin Camichel [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

I can read it.
Ich kann es lesen.

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

You may be able to read what's left but can you read all Corsin?

Do you see this at the bottom like I do?

"In response to a legal complaint we received, we have removed one or more messages. If you wish, you may read the legal complaint ."

/pd [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #


I just searched within groups

235 for "In response to a legal"
238,000 "In response to a"
2,740,000 for "In response to"
3,150,000 for "In response"

Given this fact ? is it safe to assume that there are at least 235 posts removed /pulled ??

How can I know --how many posts within groups have been removed ?

Seth Finkelstein [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

/pd – that's only getting mentions, and similar wording. It doesn't indicate how many posts themselves are removed.

Seth Finkelstein [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Found two specific posts

http://sethf.com/infothought/blog/archives/001027.html

/pd [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Seth, I understand that what I mentioned above is very crude in terms of getting mentions and similar workings akin to the 'offical notice ' that a post has been pulled.

So now, I am left that actually google themselves, maybe pulling stuff and nobody wil ever knows about it unless;

1) The user themselves find that thier post has been pulled
2) Or Google inserts their boiler template in luei of the pulled post.

So, what happens if either a/b is not done ?? Nobody will ever know the certain tid bits of information that may/could have been posted. After all, the Usnet groups are not being mirrored (for public consumption) like other servers on the grid.

So this is leaving me a question, is Google now actually like the chinese givernement ?? On one side they are all fine and dandy , but on the other side they are really really eveil!!

What are others thoughts / comments ??

Corsin Camichel [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

I can read the whole thread, all posts, see all emails and everything. Very strange post. Must be hundreds of posts in one thread.

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