Please Be aware that there is Systematic Spamming of our Newswire by Propagandists taking Place

by Phuq Hedd Sun Jul 21, 2002 17:06

Bundling it all into one area called "Isreali spam" would be the solution.

However, this is probably a temporary solution: consider the motivations of the Israeli trolls. They want to disrupt and discredit indymedia because they are afraid of the effect of criticism of Israel. So they have two main possible strategies:
1. Make indymedia unusable by automated spamming.
2. Post anti-Semitic, hate-literature that can be used as a stick to beat indymedia with.

The latter strategy was pursued by AKdH against Indymedia Switzerland who used lawsuits to shut them down. Interestingly indymedia suisse had implemented Black Pope's "spam area" into which they put anti-Semitic and anti-Arab garbage.

by BlackPope Thu Jul 18, 2002 14:03 BlackPope at operamail dot com

Yes, censorship is the great and notorious danger. That I could not condone.

Also, to effectively counter this form of lying agitation-propaganda, one must be exposed to it somewhat, but not necessarily flooded into oblivion.

I have seen this all over IMC and similar open forums, and do wonder to myself sometimes as to what extent the spamful energies of 'Mary' and cohorts have already been sucessfully automated.

The technology is surely no problem to anyone with the means and motivation, something which I'm quite sure the Lawless State of Israel possesses in spades. For the cost of just one nuclear-armed submarine less, ... why it could probably just buy the whole damned Internet!?!

So here is my suggestion - bundle all the nutbag spam supporting and justifying the lawless and reckless behaviour of the Sharonist Junta in Israel into one prominently linked permanent page with an expandable thread-like structure.

That way anyone interested in going in there to check it out, or refute their 'arguments' will be able to do so, no censorship need occur, and the newswire will be freed up for serious contributions.

Schalom, BP

by Phuq Hedd Wed Jul 17, 2002 15:52

Given that most of these articles are complete, non-excerpted cut-n-paste jobs and indymedia.ie has had a stated policy of removing that type of thing before then what's the problem with removing them? If the spammers want to post on indymedia.ie then they need to excerpt the article thus:

More pro-Zionist spam including irrational calumnies of those that object to the occupation of Palestinian lands and the murder of Palestinians can be found in an excellent article by D.Horowitz in FrontPage magazine at www.frontpagemag.com. This is a great article that confirms all my hatred of Palestinians.

by lowest form of wit Wed Jul 17, 2002 14:06

The extract below is from israelfightback.com- clearly a source of quality reading material:

“Both the international and the Palestinian media have accentuated the tragic fact that Palestinian children have been killed or wounded in the recent wave of violence which has engulfed the Middle East. Has any consideration been given, however, to the question of why these Palestinian children have been exposed to such dangers? Why are they frequently found on the streets, in the front lines of violent confrontations, when they should be safe at home or in school?

There are only two possibilities. Either, as Palestinian spokespersons and spin-doctors would have us believe, Israeli forces have been willfully and unabashedly targeting innocent Palestinian children, intentionally seeking them out and murdering them. Or these children are being deliberately taken out of their homes, schools and playgrounds and being sent to the streets, alongside Palestinian rioters, snipers and terrorists -- with the express purpose of placing them in the line of fire in a calculated play for world sympathy.

We all know which of these two possibilities is more likely. We all know who stands to benefit from the sympathy and the censure that the injury of these children attracts. We all know who needs to deflect world attention from their unwillingness to take the necessary steps to make peace. We all know who rejected American proposals at Camp David as even a basis for further negotiations

SYMPATHY PLOY

In the eyes of the Palestinians, the fact that their children are being wounded or killed is secondary to the fact that the world sees them being wounded or killed. Thus the Palestinians are able to cynically manipulate their media image and that of Israel.”

by sick and tired of this crap Wed Jul 17, 2002 14:05

And its not just on indymedia ireland,its on ALL the indymedia sites. This have to be some kind of organised propaganda spamgroup,or something.They are destroying the indymediaproject with their crap.

Something HAS to be done!

NOW!!

by King Mob Wed Jul 17, 2002 00:53

No I mean Indymedia Ireland is being bombarded with, frankly, the most ludrciously childish propaganda by you and others mary. There is no attempt to even try and bring across the other point of view.

It's perpetual consistent, tiresome and an abuse of Indymedia's newswire. It's propaganda, lies, and tedious and it's a cancer on Indymedia.

Fine they're a bunch of communists, whatever we need to make you think, that it's not worth your while spouting the hate filled lies, you're choking the newswire with daily, I don't care, I just want you to stop, fuck off and wander back into that festering sewer you refer to as your mind.

by Mary Tue Jul 16, 2002 22:18

You people are so paranoid go back to your dictatorship governments dn totaltarian government. You remind me of the the communist.

by Luk Tue Jul 16, 2002 17:46 Balance is important

http://www.mideasttruth.com/index.shtml

http://world.std.com/%7Ecamera/

http://honestreporting.com/

http://www.aish.com/jewishissues/middleeast/

http://www.revoketheprize.org/

http://www.edume.org/

http://www.fateh.net/e_public/constitution.htm#Goals

http://www.oslo-war.com/parent_eng.htm

http://www.har-habayt.org/-The Temple Mount Archaeological Destruction

http://www.mia.org.il/

http://www.pmw.org.il/-Palestinian Media Watch

http://www.palestinefacts.org/-Palestine Facts is dedicated to providing comprehensive and accurate information regarding the historical, military, and political background to the on-going struggle between the State of Israel and the Arab Palestinians.

http://www.oslo-war.com/mem_eng.htm

http://www.israelfightsback.com/concept.html