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WordPress.com Removes Hateful Blog Against Muslims

Jeff Chandler — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:07:24 +0000

While it doesn’t happen often to the point where it’s in the news everyday, WordPress.com has removed a particular blog as it violated their terms of service. On December 30th, 2010 WordPress.com archived/suspended the site bootislam.wordpress.com for the posting of hateful material such as directions on how to properly shoot a Muslim, false bomb threats, and burning mosques. When The Council on American-Islamic Relations found out about the site they called on American Muslims and people of conscience to contact WordPress.com along with them to try and get the site removed. While the site is now offline, CAIR has also submitted the sites content to the FBI for further investigation.

I’m happy to see that no one has raised their voices to bring up the issue of freedom of speech because the Terms Of Service of WordPress.com specifically outlines what you can and can not do if you choose to use the service. While this hateful blog needed to be taken offline, it serves as a reminder that WordPress.com takes their TOS seriously and that your site may also be taken offline if the TOS is violated. If you use WordPress.com, please take a moment to read over their TOS to make sure you’re not in violation.

AdSense with other Contextual Ads Allowed

Mark Ghosh — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:52:58 +0000

AdSense with other Contextual Ads Allowed Jensense is reporting that Google AdSense TOS now allows contextual ads from other providers with certain limitations. However, Yahoo (YPN) is still not a viable option since their TOS does not fit.

AdSense Updates Policies

Mark Ghosh — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 05:23:52 +0000

AdSense Updates Policies A quick rundown of the most significant changes in the AdSense policies that were released today. There is a re-affirmation of the no-images policy, new limitations on referral products and some changes in the competitive ads that can be displayed along with Google Ads. If you display Google Ads on your blog along with other Ad types, this article, along with the original from JenSense might be worth a quick read.