Hate blogs?

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  finnandthecity · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 8:39 am

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  I’ve reported a certain hate blog twice now and it’s still spewing the same crap undisturbed. Is there a secret email address for these or how are they culled?

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  sambauers · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 8:39 am

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  You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.

  This support forum is for WordPress.com hosted blogs only. If you have a self-hosted WordPress blog you need to seek help at the WordPress.org forums, not here.

  If you don’t understand the difference, you may find this information helpful.

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  wpvstp · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 9:12 am

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  The term “hate blog” is very ambiguous at best.
  According to http://en.wordpress.com/complaints/ simply “spewing out crap” is not reason enough for culling. That said, this is a volunteer forum. If staff does not reply to or comply with your complaint, you must assume that said blog is within the TOS. Legal action would then be the only way to shut it down.

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  finnandthecity · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 9:20 am

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  I reported said blog (that only exists to call a certain person/persons a racist, nazi and other such nice things) to support, not to this forum. I just posted here wondering if anything actually happens about these things.

  Of course, the fact that the blog is written in a language not very many million people can read might slow things down.

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  lettershometoyou · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 9:34 am

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  Is it a wordpress.com blog? If so, drop a link. Otherwise, nobody can help you.

  Is it in Finnish, btw? German? French?

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  finnandthecity · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 9:41 am

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  Yes, it’s wordpress.com blog. I’ve not added a link because I don’t want to advertise it. And yes, it’s in Finnish.

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  lettershometoyou · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 9:48 am

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  If there are laws against hate speech in Finland as there are in Germany, you could try to get the local authorities to block it, though if it’s on wp.com I don’t know how. The only other way would be to find out the person’s real identity and have them charged.

  What I don’t understand is that you say that they only exist to call other people racists /nazis etc. How does that make them racist themselves?

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  finnandthecity · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 10:15 am

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  “What I don’t understand is that you say that they only exist to call other people racists /nazis etc. How does that make them racist themselves?”

  What?
  The sole purpose of said blog is to slander certain (Finnish) people calling them, among other things, racists, nazis ets.
  Your last sentence doesn’t make any sense to me, sorry.

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  wpvstp · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 10:56 am

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  Even if the sole purpose of the blog is to slander, unless it is directly illegal or threatening, Freedom of Speech still applies. WordPress does not take down wordpress.com blogs simply because someone finds them offensive.

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  lettershometoyou · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 1:01 pm

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  @finn, sorry I guess I misread your post. My last sentence obviously makes no sense.

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  lettershometoyou · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 1:02 pm

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  Why don’t you at least name the blog, so that we can google it? At least that way you won’t be dropping a link.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 3:08 pm

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  @finn, wordpress staff are the only ones that can deal with this, so you need to discuss it with them.

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  feartheseeds · Member · Jun 4, 2009 at 6:48 pm

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  …or you could give the address to the police. Finland does have anti-defamation/slander/libel laws.