Dear Mr Levick,
I am writing to inform you that we have been reviewing our codes of practice at ‘Comment is Free’ and have decided that closing your account and deleting your previous comments was unjustified. We have therefore decided to re-open your account. Unfortunately your previous comments have already been removed from our systems and cannot be returned, but we would be happy to have you return to the below the line commentary.
Furthermore:
In the course of our review we came to several conclusions with regards to the character of the above the line writers at ‘Comment is Free’ and have reached a number of conclusions:
- We shall no longer be publishing commentary from contributors associated with terrorist groups.
- We will be seeking a greater breadth of above the line copy, including more commentary from Zionists.
- Our moderators have been instructed to adhere to the working definition of anti-Semitism as laid out by the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and to delete comments that do not adhere to this standard. We have asked the Community Security Trust for help in this regard.
In short Mr Levick, thanks to organisations such as CiF Watch we have decided to fundamentally alter the way we approach contributions to ‘Comment is Free’ and the way that we deal with below the line comments.
Yours Sincerely
Editor, ‘Comment is Free’
(This Purim Spiel was written by Marc Goldberg)
