31 March, 2009, 4:54 pm
Pharyngula reports at http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/03/youtube_has_banned_the_james_r.php that YouTube has suspended the account of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JERF). I can confirm that the YouTube JREF videos embedded in my blog no longer work and instead display the message "This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.".
The problem with YouTube is that they will suspend accounts at the merest hint of a complaint…justified or not. And there isn’t anything in JREF videos that should be banned. Some people my opt to feel "offended" but that’s just too bad. JREF is one of those candles in the dark, a shining beacon in a world where superstition, uncritical thinking and charlatans are allowed to flourish. We need the JREF and all its resources to fight all this nonsense. Of course I could join the chorus and shout "YouTube sucks!"…but that would be too obvious 
Follow this link…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Cn_gjevik&feature=channel_page
…and take action!
Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2009
23 January, 2008, 6:01 pm
Skeptico has an article that Quackometer is being sued again. Skeptico has a valid point that Quackometer’s domain hosting company or ISP is a bit of a chicken…or is that a lame duck?
I’ve certainly seen a lot of fakers in my own industry and it’s funny, when I’ve called them on something technical and they get found out, that they get really defensive and then abusive! Ethics don’t mean a thing to them.
The Bad Science Forum has an article on this too.
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17 January, 2008, 8:12 pm
The Inquirer has an interesting article on how firm Abunga.com has allowed certain books to be banned from their bookstore. The firm allows its customers to to vote against books and if enough votes are cast then the books are banned. Well, just recently, Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials children books have got banned and it seems that a bunch of religious zealots were behind this. Abunga stated that they would abide by these votes even though the books are extremely popular. Well, I suppose that’s their business, but certainly my business isn’t going there for sure! Abunga obviously is aiming for a certain demography and I don’t care much for what they’re aiming at. Where does this stop? Segregated bookshops? Segregated shops? Polarisation of views? Safe havens for extremists? Just found that Pharyngula has his views on this too.
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