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Second Indymedia Server Seized in UK Within a Year

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the this-independent-thing-is-spooky dept.

GarconDuMonde writes "For the second time within the past year, an Indymedia server has been siezed in the United Kingdom. This time it is the Bristol Indymedia server (currently redirected to the United Kollectives IMC site); this follows on from the Ahimsa siezure last October. The current siezure was carried out using a search warrant by the UK police at approximately 16:30GMT on June 27th, 2005. This was despite being warned by lawyers "that this server was considered an item of journalistic equipment and so subject to special provision under the law" (press release). Bristol Indymedia is currently being supported by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), Liberty and Privacy International. Other media organisations have declared their support."

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  1. Well.... by gowen · · Score: 5, Interesting
    on approx 17 June an anonymous post to the Bristol Indymedia
    I hope they get their kit back, but I think this "journalist" defence won't have any legs. There may well be excellent journalists working for indymedia, but responsible journalists do not allow anonymous, unchecked "facts" into their news output.

    In fact, that just encourages scurrilous rumor mongering -- which is diametrically opposed to good journalism.

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    Thank God, the British journalist.
    But seeing what the man will do
    Unbribed, there's no occasion to."
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  2. Encouraging stupid posts? by Propagandhi · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Thanks for the heads up, but perhaps it's a good idea to mention the reason for these seizures alongside the fact that it just happened.

    For those of you left wondering by the initial post these seizures are apparently related to an investigation of a bit of vandalism that cost somewhere around a hundred grand...

    That's a little background, it's not like some evil government was seizing their servers simply because of a difference of opinion (although, depending on who you listen to, that may be the case)...

  3. Re:Umm by c0p0n · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Long story short, it's a worldwide network of internet resources for communists and anarchists usually located around local indymedia pages. They use these resources to organize social events and stuff like that. Sometimes I participate of such events, they are mostly orientated to civil rights and antiglobalization stuff.

    Apart from that, they also provide hosting solutions to social and radical groups, specially local Hacklabs on which I partitipate frequently.

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