Comments on: Mideast Youth: Providing platforms for public voice http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/09/10/mideast-youth-providing-platforms-for-public-voice/ Berkman investigators, fellows, research assistants and interns sound off about all things Digital Natives Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kawthar http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/09/10/mideast-youth-providing-platforms-for-public-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-4737 Kawthar Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:57:18 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/?p=197#comment-4737 Derek, As a moderator at MideastYouth.com, I spend a lot a considerable amount of my time sifting through comments, and ensuring they all adhere to our comment policy. The decision to delete a comment or ban a user is rarely an individual one, and in almost all cases requires review by at least 2 editors. There are no restrictions against criticism of Islam or Muslims, and many informative discussions have occurred throughout the lifetime of MideastYouth.com. The difference is that those individuals abided by our <a href="http://www.mideastyouth.com/comment-policy/" rel="nofollow">comment policy</a>, and maintained a respectful discourse. Derek,

As a moderator at MideastYouth.com, I spend a lot a considerable amount of my time sifting through comments, and ensuring they all adhere to our comment policy. The decision to delete a comment or ban a user is rarely an individual one, and in almost all cases requires review by at least 2 editors.

There are no restrictions against criticism of Islam or Muslims, and many informative discussions have occurred throughout the lifetime of MideastYouth.com. The difference is that those individuals abided by our comment policy, and maintained a respectful discourse.

]]> By: Derek http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/09/10/mideast-youth-providing-platforms-for-public-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-2580 Derek Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:30:20 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/?p=197#comment-2580 In short, Esra'a promises "fierce but respectful dialoge", but fails to deliver either. In short, Esra’a promises “fierce but respectful dialoge”, but fails to deliver either.

]]> By: Derek http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/09/10/mideast-youth-providing-platforms-for-public-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-2567 Derek Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:56:52 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/?p=197#comment-2567 Mideastyouth.com stinks. Esra'a will ban you from posting comments if you disagree with her. Also, she will likely call you a bigot or a racist if you disagree with her. You can post all the anti-american comments you want, but if you say anything negative about Islam or muslims, you are racist, a bigot, or an islamophobe. Basically, Esra's is a coward. If she is losing an argument she will ban you. nbsp;Mideastyouth.com stinks. Esra’a will ban you from posting comments if you disagree with her. Also, she will likely call you a bigot or a racist if you disagree with her. You can post all the anti-american comments you want, but if you say anything negative about Islam or muslims, you are racist, a bigot, or an islamophobe. Basically, Esra’s is a coward. If she is losing an argument she will ban you.

]]> By: freedom of expression in the middle east at Left Behind Bottle Caps http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/09/10/mideast-youth-providing-platforms-for-public-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-1479 freedom of expression in the middle east at Left Behind Bottle Caps Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:30:59 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/?p=197#comment-1479 [...] director of the student-owned MideastYouth.com, recently spoke about MideastYouth as part of the Digital Natives project’s “Digital Natives Reporters in the Field” series. The mission of MideastYouth is [...] [...] director of the student-owned MideastYouth.com, recently spoke about MideastYouth as part of the Digital Natives project’s “Digital Natives Reporters in the Field” series. The mission of MideastYouth is [...]

]]> By: MEYcast - Broadcasting ahead » Blog Archive » My podcast for Digital Natives http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/2008/09/10/mideast-youth-providing-platforms-for-public-voice/comment-page-1/#comment-1443 MEYcast - Broadcasting ahead » Blog Archive » My podcast for Digital Natives Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:07:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/digitalnatives/?p=197#comment-1443 [...] Without further ado, here is “Mideast Youth: Providing platforms for public voice” as presented on the the Digital Natives blog. [...] [...] Without further ado, here is “Mideast Youth: Providing platforms for public voice” as presented on the the Digital Natives blog. [...]

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