Jul 27, 2020
Some Usenet groups suspended in Goggle Groups
Banned content warningcomp.lang.forth has been identified as containing spam, malware, or other malicious content.For more information about content policies on Google Groups see our Help Center article on abuse and our Terms of Service.
As with most of Usenet, the comp.* hierarchy is largely unmoderated. These two groups definitely are, so this is a Google action to ban them and not one of moderation, since there aren't any moderators. It's unclear how these groups have breached the rules.
Of specific concern is the archive. These are some of the oldest groups on Usenet, and the depth & breadth of the historical material that has just disappeared from the internet, on two seminal programming languages, is huge and highly damaging. These are the history and collective memories of two communities that are being expunged, and it's not great, since there is no other comprehensive archive after Google's purchase of Dejanews around 20 years ago.
Help. Please reinstate comp.lang.forth and comp.lang.lisp to Google Groups.
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Jul 28, 2020
My thought is that Google Groups needs to implement their own moderation methods for spam, malware and other objectionable content, as to simply block offending posts, not the whole newsgroup.
Unless the entire core topic of the Newsgroup is something that is banned, they should not be banning them.
Last edited Jul 28, 2020
Jul 29, 2020
Hi Alex and Robert,
Thanks for posting in the Accounts community, I am going to move this over to the Google Groups community where hopefully someone can help further.
Kind Regards,
Conner
HI Alex McDonald 4446,
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since the Usenet newsgroups doesn't have owners there is not any way to appeal the Ban.
you might be able access that newsgroup on other newsgroups usernet servers like https://free-usenet.com/
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Jul 29, 2020
Pointing at another Usenet service that provides access to current posts is irrelevant.
If Google are unwilling to continue to host the archive they should donate it to the internet archive or a similar group.
Erasing history is not acceptable.
Aug 2, 2020
I see that comp.lang.lisp is now available again, but it is still unmoderated and therefore a spammy cesspool. Is there a way to install a moderator there? I could volunteer for becoming one if such a possibility exists.
Aug 2, 2020
I think that Google needs a real transparent solution
After banning the groups like this they creatrd a chilling effect for reporting posts.