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MySpace Denies Removing Obama Joker Images
Social Network site's response over political censorship
issue contradicts evidence sent to Infowars
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UPDATE 28/08/09, 12.05 CST:
Following the publication of this article MySpace has responded
with the following comment:
Unfortunately, we do not keep records of
removed profiles or images. If the profile or content was
removed by MySpace, it violated the MySpace Terms of Service.
Violations can include a number of issues (inappropriate images,
spam, cyberbullying, underage use, etc).
Social Networking giant mySpace has responded
to questions over censorship of the now iconic Obama as The
Joker image by denying they have removed it from any users'
pages or photo albums.
Last week we
reported on the fact that many MySpace users were
contacting us with evidence that the Newscorp owned website
is effectively censoring their political views by removing their
"Jokerbama" images and threatening to disable their
accounts.
Many users found that MySpace was removing the
image with accompanying political words or phrases, citing it
as "offensive" and grouping it in the same category
as "nude/sexually explicit/violence" images.
Below is a screenshot of the email many users
have sent to us:
In addition, other users also found that attempting
to upload the image resulted in a similar message informing
them the image "violated terms of use":
In a further
report, we also detailed how users discovered that
uploading images of George W. Bush as The Joker is deemed to
be acceptable by MySpace, while attempting to upload Obama as
The Joker is classed as a violation.
(Article continues below)
Throughout our investigation we have attempted
to contact MySpace for clarification. Here is the question we
asked:
Hello, I am a journalist with the website
Infowars.com. I have received several complaints from myspace
users that you are removing images of president Obama as the
Joker. As you may know this image has been in the news recently
because many people are using it as a form of political protest.
While it has been described as racist by some in the media,
the original artist, a politically minded American Muslim,
has said it was intended as a form of protest against the
President’s policies. I would like to know if it is
true that Myspace is removing this image from users’
pages, and if so for what reason.
Earlier this week we received a standard response
from the company that merely linked to their terms and conditions
page. The email we received read:
MySpace periodically updates both the MySpace
Terms of Service and the MySpace Privacy Policy. If MySpace
makes a significant change to the Privacy Policy, MySpace
will notify all Profile owners, however, we recommend that
all MySpace Profile owners review these two important policies.
After pointing out that this did not answer our question and
asking for further clarification, we have now received the following
response:
MySpace only removes images or content that violate Terms
of Use. Please check TOS on Myspace. Since there is no cyberbully,
nudity, harrasment or imposter we do not remove any image
or content.
While this may be badly worded and grammatically incorrect,
it seems to suggest that the company is denying having removed
the Jokerbama image and classifying it as a violation of TOS.
This denial is clearly contradicted by the evidence supplied
to Infowars by numerous readers.
We have once more asked MySpace to explain the emails our readers
have received and whether or not they will continue to remove
the Jokerbama image from users' accounts.
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