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Friday, 3 August 2007

Censorship 2.0 - The Facebook / BNP Controversy

I hate censorship. I believe that adult and youths generally have the ability to differentiate between what is wrong and what is right.

What also pee's me off is companies getting on their moral high-horse and try and dictate what we think is socially acceptable!

That brings me to Facebook and companies like Vodafone, Pipex, Pru Health who have fallen out because Facebook is a microcosm of society. And part of that Society is the BNP.

In this fairly democratic nation we all have differing view points. I have friends of all colours and creeds, of different political opinion and religion. I never feel that people should be castigated for having a view point and forming a party to put that message across.

It gets to a stage now where people are frowned upon for displaying any degree of patriotism as they are seen to be racists. I don't agree with the BNP's stance one iota, but that does not give any company the excuse to try and come across as morally superior and stop advertising a website that has a page that is about a democratically, constitutionally and legally controlled Political Party.

If these companies are right to stop advertising, then shouldn't eBay stop the affiliate bidding on "British National Party" and appearing on Squidoo? Quick, eBay, get on the band wagon! It's getting away from you!

With all this Web 2.0 stuff companies will have to set up whole departments checking to see if their brand is present on sites with objectionable content. Users are generating content at a rate that companies will not be able to keep up with. But that's what you get with "run of site" ads.

The legal interaction between of Web 2.0 sites, their trademarks, and brand reputation will create headaches for all concerned for many years to come!

It just takes a bit of commonsense to realise that consumers understand that just because an advert is on a page, that company doesn't necessarily endorse the message on it.

Read More:

Vodafone pulls Facebook ads
Register

Ads pulled from BNP on Facebook
BBC News

BNP turns firms off Facebook adverts
Telegraph.co.uk

Firms pull Facebook ads after link with BNP material
Guardian Unlimited

Facebook advertisers pull out over BNP link
Telegraph.co.uk

BNP causes Facebook ad headache
Tech

Vodafone, First Direct pull Facebook adverts
Pocket-lint.co.uk

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